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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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@¨@¨&¨¤,¤¨    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.           .¤¤.§.@,&¨
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#¨&,§,§.£,                    .#,                   .@¤.¤,£,#¨
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¤,£¨#.§,&,     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.      .¨§,#¨&.¤.
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¤,§.§¨¤,@,  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.       ,¨§¨§,@.§,
@,@,§.@,@,       ¨      ~    «            ^ ¨       .¤#¨§¨§,¤.
&.§,#,§,@.    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%   ¨§£.#¨¤¨@¨
@¨§¨#¨#.&,    =*†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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&,¤.#.£¨#,                   and,                   ,¨&¨&,£,#.
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§¨§.¤,¤,¤.  now the reach of the pool has widened.  ¨.#.#,£,&¨
#¨@,&¨¤,§,        now its wolves see further.       .@¤,@¨&¨@¨
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