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~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ : THE WOLF POOL EXISTS : ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~
:~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ : IN A STALE TIMELINE, : ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~:
*:~-¨¨¨¨¨¨ : BRANCHED WAY BACK : ¨¨¨¨¨¨-~:*
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#£*:~-¨¨¨¨ : WAS ALMOST BARREN, : ¨¨¨¨-~:*£#
@#£*:~-¨¨¨ COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ¨¨¨-~:*£#@
#@#£*:~-¨¨ AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, ¨¨-~:*£#@#
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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. ...,,.,¨¨^
,.,,.¨,.., ,..,¨.,,.,
¨,¨.¨.¨¨.¨ ,#¨ ¨.¨¨.¨.¨,¨
,¨,,¨¨,¨,. .,¨,¨¨,,¨,
¨¨,¨....¨, 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. ¨,¨¨,¨,.,¨
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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^^§ ..,..,,,¨.
:,¨......, 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@##@ ¨,,,¨,~*%*
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^=~...¨¨,, AND, ,,¨¨...~=^
\=.¨,,,¨,¨ ¨,¨,,,¨.=\
»,,..¨¨¨.. NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ..¨¨¨..,,»
,,,¨¨¨¨¨¨. NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. .¨¨¨¨¨¨,,,
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