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,§,§,§§,§§ = BRANCHED WAY BACK = ,§,§,§,§,§
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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. .@¨@,@,£.#
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.@¨£¨.§.,# 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 ¨¤.¤¨#,&.#
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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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¨£.¤.,§.,& 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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