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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.      &.§@.¨@¨§#
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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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¨,@.§¨&.¨&    and¨then¨the,pool.announces.itself    £,@£¨.&¨§#
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.,¤.£,&¨¨£   ..»dark=wolves-,climbing~out,of~,^=    &.&¤..§¨§§
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.,@.&.£¨¨&     ^sudden:thoughts^of=~^climbing\*=    ¤¨&&..&¨£¤
.§¤,¤.§.£¤   into%the:pool,%their%thirst=flaring^   §..£.&£¨¨&
,,¤¨#.£,¨£     %†%bright=-*%a£sudden£&awareness#    £,¤¤,,@.&#
,¤¤.@¨@¨§&  #$of&&exactly#¶how&they¤had§traveled,%# &,¨¤¨¤#,¨§
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,@£¨£¨#¨&¤   #@where#they#came,##@@##@and#then#@@@  &¨,@,&¤,.&
¨,§.&,#,,§   #####the#feeling#of#this*knowledge\«   #¨¤¤,.@.£§
¨¤¤,¤.#.£#   -~being = stolen -= from »~= them. .   ¤,.@,&§¨¨#
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,.£¨¤.@,¨@                   and,                   #,§#.,@¨##
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.,#,§.&¨,@  now the reach of the pool has widened.  ¤¨§§.,£¨@#
.&#.@,§¨¤&        now its wolves see further.       #,.¤¨@@¨.#
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