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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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#.§,@¨@,§&     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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@¨£.¤.@,,@    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   ,@¨#¨£.¤#¨
@.¤¨&¨§¨¨¤           UNDISTURBED BY WIND.           .§.£¨£,,§.
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§¨@.£¨§.,¤     AS THEY STUMBLE ON THE POOL, THE     ¨¤.&.§.,@¨
#.¤¨@.@.¤§ 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.      ¨¤,§.¤.£¤¨
§.§,£¨¤¨,@                                          .#,§,&.¨#,
@,&.§.¤,£¤ 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,     .¤.¤¨¤¨,¤.
¤,£¨¤,§,#£   ¨,»DARK«WOLVES~,CLIMBING.OUT:OF.-.-    ,§¨#¨&,§¤.
£.§¨&¨¤.¨@    -«»THE~POOL,~SURROUNDING:THEM/-/;/    ¨§.§.#¨¨§.
#,¤¨@,¤¨@#    /SUDDEN/THOUGHTS;OF»«\CLIMBING=^*     ¨@,¤¨&.@&.
@¨#.§.§,.§   INTO%THE;POOL,§THEIR=THIRST=FLARING%   ¨£¨¤.§¨¨@.
¤.£.@.&.@#    †§%BRIGHT$-†*A$SUDDEN%£AWARENESS#     ,&.#¨&¨#@,
#¨¤¨#,£.¨#  #£OF%@EXACTLY£#HOW@THEY¤HAD@TRAVELED,*# .&,#,&.¨£.
@,@¨&¨&¨&£   #§OF&THE@WAY#HOME@¶TO#THE@TIME¶FROM£@  ,&,¤,&¨¤@,
¤.#¨#¨@¨,@  #@WHERE#THEY#CAME,#@#@###AND@THEN@#@#   ,#¨@,¤¨,¤,
&¨&¨§,¤.#§   #####THE#FEELING#OF#THIS=KNOWLEDGE/~   ,§¨¤¨¤.£§.
§,£.¤.#¨¨#   «»BEING ~ STOLEN -= FROM =~« THEM. ¨   .§,£¨&,.£.
¤.#.@,£¨§#          ~~ .  ««~ .  «¨  ,~  -          ,¤.§.£,&§¨
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@¨@¨@,£,¤&                   AND,                   ¨£.&¨¤,@§¨
£¨#.&,@.,#                                          .#.¤.£¨.¤,
£.£.§,@¨#§  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  ,£,¤.&.§&.
¤.&¨£.&,.£        NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.       ,#.£,@,.¤,
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