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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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£.¤¨@¨&,££ .#. ¤.#¨¤¨@,¤¨
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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. §,§,#¨@.@,
¤¨@,&¨§,¨# ¤.¤,#,£.&,
£,¤.&,&,&# ,#. £¨#¨@.&.§,
£¨#.¤¨&¨.§ #.&.§.&,#.
£¨§.¤¨§,@& 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§ §,#¨£,¤¨@¨
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¤¨§.@¨@,£& #£OF&£EXACTLY££HOW&THEY#HAD&TRAVELED,@# @.#,£,&.&.
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&,§¨§,§¨§£ ##WHERE@THEY@CAME,##@#@@#AND#THEN###@ §,&.&,¤.&,
¤¨#,@,§¨,# #####THE#FEELING#OF#THIS=KNOWLEDGE:« #¨¤,#.@¨@,
¤,&¨£¨¤,£# »«BEING ~ STOLEN ~= FROM »~- THEM. . £¨¤¨¤¨@,#.
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#,£.¤,#,¨@ NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. §¨#,£¨§.§.
§,¤,¤¨&¨£& NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. §.#.@.#,¤¨
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