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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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,..¨,,¨.,. .#, .,.¨,,¨..,
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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-:~= ¨,,¨.¨.¨¨,
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,.¨,.¨¨,,, =SUDDEN\THOUGHTS/OF»~;CLIMBING=== ,,,¨¨.,¨.,
.,..¨,.¨,¨ INTO*THE†POOL,*THEIR=THIRST^FLARING§ ¨,¨.,¨..,.
.,¨¨.¨,,.. =^§BRIGHT*-*£A@SUDDEN$$AWARENESS# ..,,¨.¨¨,.
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;--.,,¨¨¨, #@WHERE#THEY@CAME,@###@@#AND@THEN@### ,¨¨¨,,.--;
%^»-,¨.¨,, #####THE#FEELING#OF#THIS%KNOWLEDGE;» ,,¨.¨,-»^%
§%*~-..,.¨ --BEING ~ STOLEN ~~ FROM ~»« THEM. ¨ ¨.,..-~*%§
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%*«^..,¨,. NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. .,¨,..^«*%
/~.¨,...,. NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. .,...,¨.~/
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