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¨¨¨¨:-\*%£         # -------------------- #         £%*\-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:-\*%£¶         \ THE WOLF POOL EXISTS \         ¶£%*\-:¨¨¨
¨¨:-\*%£¶#         \ IN A STALE TIMELINE, \         #¶£%*\-:¨¨
¨:-\*%£¶##         \  BRANCHED WAY BACK   \         ##¶£%*\-:¨
¨¨:-\*%£¶#         \  WHEN KIRUGU VARGIR  \         #¶£%*\-:¨¨
¨¨¨:-\*%£¶         \  WAS ALMOST BARREN,  \         ¶£%*\-:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:-\*%£ COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL,  £%*\-:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:-\*%  AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW,  %*\-:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\*         \        AT ALL...     \         *\-:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-\         # -------------------- #         \-:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨,.,.:«;%%     MISPLACED EXPLORERS TRAVERSE THE     %%;«:.,.,¨
.,,¨,«†%$@   LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK,   @$%†«,¨,,.
,,¨:~*=*@# FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND  #@*=*~:¨,,
,.~-:%$@@#   ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND.  #@@$%:-~.,
,,~†*&§###   IT'S GETTING DARK, THEY ARE THIRSTY,   ###§&*†~,,
.,.~**@££#     AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL.     #££@**~.,.
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¨.¨¨,,^«^§    THE POOL LIES IN A SMALL METEORITE    §^«^,,¨¨.¨
,,.¨,,,-»*   IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS.    *»-,,,¨.,,
..,,,,~~\=   IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN   =\~~,,,,..
,,.¨¨-~:$$   THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS  $$:~-¨¨.,,
¨¨¨.~~†*£&           UNDISTURBED BY WIND.           &£*†~~.¨¨¨
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.¨,=\^*@##     AS THEY STUMBLE ON THE POOL, THE     ##@*^\=,¨.
.¨..=;*££# EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER,  #££*;=..¨.
¨,.,~«:†$&    WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE    &$†:«~,.,¨
.,,.,:~/%%   GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO    %%/~:,.,,.
,,¨¨¨¨^~/% NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON  %/~^¨¨¨¨,,
..,,,,,~~\   ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO   \~~,,,,,..
.,¨..¨,»†^    DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS,    ^†»,¨..¨,.
.,¨..-~;^%      LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL.       %^;~-..¨,.
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,.,:»=§£¤¶  HE TRIES TO RESIST AT FIRST, BUT IS TOO ¶¤£§=»:,.,
¨,-===@£¶#   CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE  #¶£@===-,¨
¨,~:^*£@@# LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS,  #@@£*^:~,¨
¨¨~»^=&§##   » NOT UNDERSTANDING THE«DANGER, MOVE   ##§&=^»~¨¨
¨.¨^»\%*¤#       CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND.       #¤*%\»^¨.¨
¨.¨¨~«†§$&       ,      ~    -            : .       &$§†«~¨¨.¨
,,.¨.--\*%    AND,THEN.THE,POOL,ANNOUNCES.ITSELF    %*\--.¨.,,
..¨¨¨.,~\%      TO.THEM,-.SUDDEN.-¨THOUGHTS¨OF.     %\~,.¨¨¨..
,¨,¨,¨¨^-:    ,-»DARK-WOLVES-.CLIMBING~OUT^OF,^-»   :-^¨¨,¨,¨,
,,¨,,.-»††    »-»THE»POOL,»SURROUNDING=THEM\-†:;    ††»-.,,¨,,
,¨....«/§¤     \SUDDEN^THOUGHTS;OF«»*CLIMBING;**    ¤§/«....¨,
,,¨,,»/*%§   INTO$THE:POOL,$THEIR*THIRST=FLARING$   §%*/»,,¨,,
,,.^»=%*&@    =§%BRIGHT=-*$A%SUDDEN%*AWARENESS#     @&*%=»^.,,
,,^~=§$&£@  #&OF%¤EXACTLY@£HOW#THEY@HAD@TRAVELED,$# @£&$§=~^,,
.,«;%%¤¶@#  ##OF¤THE@WAY@HOME#¶TO#THE¶TIME#FROM##   #@¶¤%%;«,.
.,,=/*&@£#  ##WHERE#THEY@CAME,###@#@#AND#THEN@###   #£@&*/=,,.
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.,=^$$@£@#  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  #@£@$$^=,.
,¨,~\$£###       NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.        ###£$\~,¨,
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