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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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§¨#@¨§¨§,, 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# §¨@¨,¤.¨§,
§.¨@.¤,&¨& #£OF*&EXACTLY£@HOW#THEY§HAD#TRAVELED,$# §.@.§¤,£¤,
§.¤£¨@¨@., #§OF#THE@WAY#HOME@@TO#THE#TIME@FROM@¶ £¨@.,#,¨£.
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§,.#.§.#¨& »»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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