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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. .@,.§,&,£¨
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#&¨@¨¤¨#¨@ AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. ¨@¨¨£.&,&,
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¨¤¨£.#,§., EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, ,§¨@§.&.#.
#§,¤.#,@.# WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE .@¨¨@.#,#¨
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@@.£¨¤,¤¨& NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON ¨£¨.¤.£¨§¨
.§.@¨£,#¨¨ ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO .&¨##,#,£¨
¤#.@¨#¨&.¤ DRINK, FORMS A CUP WITH HIS HANDS, ,£.,@.£¨§.
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&&,§¨&,&,@ CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE ,¤,¨#.£.¤¨
.@¨¤¨&.§¨, LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, .£¨@§,¤,&,
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,@¨§¨#¨¤,, NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ¨@.&&¨@.£,
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