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,.¤.£¨&,§, landscape, searching for a way back, ,¤¤¨#§.#¨@
.§¤.&.¤,@¨ finding instead only stone and dirt and ,.#.,@.&.&
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.¨§,§.#,&, and about to find the wolf pool. ¨#@¨££,¤¨§
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,@#,&,#,@, 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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.¤£.£,#,&. liquid flows into his mind. the others, ¨.&,,&¨&.§
..#,&¨&.@, » not understanding the-danger, move ¨&¤¨¤#.§.&
¨&&,£,&,&. closer to help their¨friend. .,@¨¨£.§,@
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