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¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤ : IN A STALE TIMELINE, : ¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¨ : BRANCHED WAY BACK : ¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨
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¤¨¤¨¤¨¨¤¨¨ : 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. #,@,£,@.#.
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&.#.¤.£§,& 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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&.¤¨£,¨£,. 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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