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¨~~^$$£££@ ^ BRANCHED WAY BACK ^ @£££$$^~~¨
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¨~~^$£@@## COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ##@@£$^~~¨
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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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¨.,,,«~=^& 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. @¶@£^:,,¨,
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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 @#££¤†*-^,
,.»:*$§### CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND. ###§$*:».,
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¨:-†*%%¤## TO.THEM¨-,SUDDEN,~¨THOUGHTS,OF¨ ##¤%%*†-:¨
.¨¨~-^==§& ¨.«DARK«WOLVES~.CLIMBING.OUT,OF^~-- &§==^-~¨¨.
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.^»*=$¤#@# INTO=THE:POOL,*THEIR^THIRST=FLARING= #@#¤$=*»^.
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.,..,†§**¶ NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ¶**§†,..,.
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