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,#,,#,#,#, \ IN A STALE TIMELINE, \ #,#,#,##,#
,#,##,#,#, \ BRANCHED WAY BACK \ #,#,#,,#,#
,#,,#,#,#, \ WHEN KIRUGU VARGIR \ #,#,#,##,#
,#,##,#,#, \ WAS ALMOST BARREN, \ #,#,#,,#,#
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,#,##,#,#, AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, #,#,#,,#,#
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,§¨,@.¤,¤. LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK, @.&,¤,§#,¤
,#,&#.#,£, FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND §,#¨§.¨#¨§
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.§¨@£.#,@, IT'S GETTING DARK, THEY ARE THIRSTY, £,¤,#¨¨&,§
,¤¨¨@,&¨&¨ AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. §.¤,#.§§¨¤
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.#¨£@.@¨£, £,¤¨#..§,#
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.&,&¤,#.@, IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS. §¨#.#.¨§,#
.£.,@¨@¨§¨ IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN &.#,£,#§¨&
¨§.¤§¨&,#, 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 ¤.§,£¨@@¨&
,@.&¤¨£,&¨ 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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,#..@¨#,¤¨ CLOSE, AND HE QUICKLY GIVES UP AS THE #¨£,#,£&¨&
.@.¤@,&¨#¨ LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, £¨§,@.,#¨£
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.@¨§&.@.£¨ =SUDDEN†THOUGHTS;OF~«†CLIMBING=*† £¨¤¨§¨.&.@
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,&¨.&¨¤.@. #*OF$£EXACTLY#¶HOW¤THEY@HAD¤TRAVELED,&# ¤¨£,#,&#.&
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.¤,@£.£¨@. NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. &¨@,§.¨@,@
,&¨.@.§.&. NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. #.#¨&,£@,¤
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