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#¨#¨¨#¨#¨# ^ 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, ¨#¨#¨#¨¨#¨
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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. .§¨@¨¤¨¨£¨
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¤,&¨@¤.£,& NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ¨£¨@¨#¨,§,
£.&.,£¨£,¤ NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. .@,#.£.&¤.
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