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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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,@¨&,#,&.# ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND. §.§¨.@.@.#
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,§.§.§.@,@ IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN #.£,.#¨¤,£
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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. ¤,¤,@@,&.&
¨¤,¤¨§,£,¤ §.£¨¨@¨£,§
.§,£.@¨¤¨& 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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,#¨§,@,£,¤ -~«THE~POOL,~SURROUNDING:THEM^-;:/ §.&..§¨&,&
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¨§,§.£,¤.& NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. §,#¨#¤.¤.@
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