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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,   $=†~.¨..,.
¨,,.-«\*@£  Finding Instead Only Stone And Dirt And £@*\«-.,,¨
¨¨,~~^*%¤¶   Roots That Are As Hard As The Ground.  ¶¤%*^~~,¨¨
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¨--=%@£###     And About To Find The Wolf pool.     ###£@%=--¨
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¨,¨,¨¨,.=;   It'S Surface Is Pitch Black And Even   ;=.,¨¨,¨,¨
,,¨¨....,«   Though It'S Not Well Protected, It Is  «,....¨¨,,
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¨,.,,,.¨,¨    Which Is Something They All Desire    ¨,¨.,,,.,¨
¨¨.....¨¨,    Greatly At This Point. They Fail To   ,¨¨.....¨¨
¨¨,,¨¨,¨,^  Notice That The Stars Do Not Reflect On ^,¨,¨¨,,¨¨
¨¨.¨¨¨,,:«   Its Surface. One Of Them Crouches To   «:,,¨¨¨.¨¨
¨.¨¨¨¨,^=;    Drink, Forms A Cup With His Hands,    ;=^,¨¨¨¨.¨
¨,,,,,:-/%      Lowers The Cup Into The Pool.       %/-:,,,,,¨
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¨,¨,^«==¤@ He Tries To Resist At First, But Is Too  @¤==«^,¨,¨
..¨:»/§$¤@   Close, And He Quickly Gives Up As The  @¤$§/»:¨..
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¨.¨..¨¨,«†    =»~The»Pool,=Surrounding*Them*-*:*    †«,¨¨..¨.¨
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.,,¨.,¨.,,   Into*The*Pool,§Their^Thirst^Flaring^   ,,.¨,.¨,,.
.¨.,¨,¨¨.¨    §*§Bright*-^@A&Sudden%£Awareness#     ¨.¨¨,¨,.¨.
.¨,.,,,¨¨. #$Of$£Exactly&¶How¤They¤Had@Traveled,$#  .¨¨,,,.,¨.
,,¨,,...,.   ##Of¤The#Way@Home£#To#The@Time@From¶¶  .,...,,¨,,
,.,¨.¨,.¨¨  ##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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