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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,  #.#.##.##.
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@.#,£.@¨£.  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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£,£.#¨§¨#,   IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS.    &.§¨&&.¤§¨
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&.#¨#,¤,¤.  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    §.@,¨§,.¤¨
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#,§¨£,#¨&,      LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL.       £,#.##.§§.
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&¨#¨£.§.&¨  CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE   #,¤,,§¨¨&¨
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¤¨¤,¤¨@,@,        NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.       §¨&,.£,.&¨
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