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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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¨:~^=@¤£@#   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;-\*\    #@#*$\~:,¨
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.,:~/*%&¶#   INTO*THE/POOL,*THEIR$THIRST†FLARING%   #¶&%*/~:,.
.:«/%*@#@#     %§*BRIGHT$-*%A%SUDDEN$$AWARENESS#    #@#@*%/«:.
,.:~;§$¤##  #%OF@¤EXACTLY¤#HOW£THEY¤HAD§TRAVELED,¤# ##¤$§;~:.,
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¨,=*§$£@##  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  ##@£$§*=,¨
..~«=*&§¶#       NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.        #¶§&*=«~..
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