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,§§,,§,§§, \ IN A STALE TIMELINE, \ ,§,§,§,§,§
,,§,§§,,§, \ BRANCHED WAY BACK \ ,§,§,§,§,§
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,§§,,§,§§, COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ,§,§,§,§,§
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¨##,.&.§§, 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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.,@.§¤¨¨£¨ 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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,.@,&@..#. AND,THEN,THE,POOL¨ANNOUNCES,ITSELF .§¨£.@,@¨£
,£#¨,§,§§. TO,THEM¨-,SUDDEN.^¨THOUGHTS.OF, ¨¤,#,@,§,#
,¨¤¨#§¨¨@. ,~-DARK=WOLVES~.CLIMBING-OUT~OF,.^« .&.§.@.¤¨£
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,,£.#@¨,§. *SUDDEN/THOUGHTS:OF-«*CLIMBING^*= .£.£.@,#,&
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.¨#,#&,,£¨ %%*BRIGHT$-=%A£SUDDEN££AWARENESS# .#¨£.#,@,&
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¨,§.§#¨,#¨ NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ¨§¨#¨£¨#.§
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