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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# ¨.~/%£@@##
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,¨,.¨,..,, AND, ,,..,¨.,¨,
~,,.¨,¨¨¨, ,¨¨¨,¨.,,~
*»-¨,¨¨.,. NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. .,.¨¨,¨-»*
†;~,,¨,.,, NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ,,.,¨,,~;†
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