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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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.§.@¨#.,¤¨ 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 &.@§.@¨@.£
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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. &,££.&,¤¨&
¨§.¤.£¨.#, ¨ = « : , @..#,£,¤¨#
.&.¤¨¤.&§, AND,THEN.THE,POOL¨ANNOUNCES.ITSELF @¨¤¤,&,#.¤
¨#.£¨§,.§, TO.THEM.-,SUDDEN¨-,THOUGHTS,OF¨ §¨.@,¤,#¨§
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.&¨£.@¨¨£, ~~~THE«POOL,=SURROUNDING=THEM\-†*= @..#,&¨&,§
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,¤¨£.@.,&, INTO^THE^POOL,*THEIR%THIRST=FLARING† #¨.¤.#¨#,§
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