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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. ,£¨¤¨¤,¨£,
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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. ,#,@.&..@.
¤,§,¤¨#@.¤ , « = : ¨ ,#¨§¨#,¤§.
§,@,@.,#¨# 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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#¨#¨£.¨&.§ #####THE#FEELING#OF#THIS*KNOWLEDGE=« ,¤,¤¨&¨¨¤¨
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£,@.§,&§.¤ ¨&,§¨&.#¤¨
§.¤.§,,£,@ NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ,&,§¨§,¨#¨
#.£¨§.#§,¤ NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. .¤,&,#.£¤,
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