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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. #&£^^»~.¨,
,¨¨,,==*%@ @%*==,,¨¨,
¨.,..^-;^@ 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@@## ¤£*:=^,.¨¨
...:=;$%&£ #####THE#FEELING#OF#THIS%KNOWLEDGE/- £&%$;=:...
.,:~†=%@## ~=BEING ~ STOLEN -- FROM -~- THEM. . ##@%=†~:,.
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..¨¨¨,¨~«* AND, *«~¨,¨¨¨..
,¨¨¨.¨¨.~= =~.¨¨.¨¨¨,
,..,,,¨¨.- NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. -.¨¨,,,..,
,,,¨.,..,¨ NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ¨,..,.¨,,,
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