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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.     £$:~.,,..¨
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,,~/†£££##    THE POOL LIES IN A SMALL METEORITE    ##£££†/~,,
,.,=^*$@¶#    IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS.   #¶@$*^=,.,
¨,¨,«;†%#@   IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN   @#%†;«,¨,¨
...¨:-=%*@   THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS  @*%=-:¨...
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¨¨..,¨~==§  EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, §==~¨,..¨¨
¨.,..-~=$*    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  $†/«,,¨.¨,
,,,..¨,~:*  LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, *:~,¨..,,,
.¨¨¨,,¨-~:   » NOT UNDERSTANDING THE~DANGER, MOVE   :~-¨,,¨¨¨.
,¨,¨,,..,«       CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND.       «,..,,¨,¨,
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,¨.¨..~-/†    AND,THEN.THE.POOL,ANNOUNCES.ITSELF    †/-~..¨.¨,
,,.¨.:~†=@      TO.THEM¨-.SUDDEN¨-.THOUGHTS¨OF,     @=†~:.¨.,,
..¨.,~^^@¤   .~-DARK~WOLVES~¨CLIMBING.OUT-OF.,--    ¤@^^~,.¨..
.,¨.«:*§&@    -»~THE~POOL,-SURROUNDING/THEM=-;*/    @&§*:«.¨,.
...»:$£#¶#    /SUDDEN†THOUGHTS/OF-«\CLIMBING^*§     #¶#£$:»...
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,¨-»\%@£##  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  ##£@%\»-¨,
.,¨.~†*¤#@        NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.       @#¤*†~.¨,.
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