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##,##,#,#, ; IN A STALE TIMELINE, ; ,#,#,,#,#,
,#,,#,#,#, ; BRANCHED WAY BACK ; ,#,#,##,#,
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,#,,#,#,#, ; WAS ALMOST BARREN, ; ,#,#,##,#,
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,#,,#,#,#, AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, ,#,#,##,#,
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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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§&,@@.&.§. THE POOL LIES IN A SMALL METEORITE ¨§,£¨¨§,§¨
.&.,#¨#¨@, IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS. .¤,§.@§¨§¨
§@,¤§¨@,£¨ IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN ,@.#¨.£,#¨
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.§¨,@,@,§, EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, ¨&¨@,@§.§.
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.£,.#¨¤.§. 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 ¨&¨&,,@.£¨
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