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¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, * BRANCHED WAY BACK * ,¤¤,¤,¤,¤,
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¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, COMPRISED MOSTLY OF ROCK AND ARID SOIL, ,,¤,¤,¤,¤,
¤,¤,¤,¤,¤, AND PLANTS WERE ONLY STARTING TO GROW, ,¤¤,¤,¤,¤,
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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. ..£.#.§,£.
¤¨&.£.@,@. IT'S GETTING DARK, THEY ARE THIRSTY, ¨§&,#.#¨¤.
£,£.§,@,&, AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. .,£,¤.£.@,
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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 ,£#.&¨@.¤.
&,§¨¤¨@¨£¨ UNDISTURBED BY WIND. ¨,§,¤,@¨£.
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@¨&.&¨£,@, WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE .,¤.#.&¨£.
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#.@¨¤¨§.¤¨ 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, ,&£.&.&¨£¨
&¨§.&.£,@¨ ~ NOT UNDERSTANDING THE~DANGER, MOVE ,,§.§.£¨£¨
¤¨¤.&¨¤,¤. CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND. ,§@,¤¨£¨@¨
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£,&¨@.&¨@. TO,THEM,-.SUDDEN¨,,THOUGHTS,OF¨ ,¨&.&.@¨@¨
¤¨#¨@.@.@. ¨:«DARK»WOLVES-.CLIMBING.OUT^OF..,- ¨&&,#¨§¨§¨
#¨@¨¤,§,¤. ~-~THE~POOL,=SURROUNDING^THEM;-/*/ ,,¤.#¨£¨¤¨
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&.#¨#.£,§¨ NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. ¨¨#.§¨£,@.
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