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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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@§..£¨@£¨.     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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¨&...,.,¨§     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.       ¨£¤¨,£,@@.
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¤¨.¨#¤&..¨    and,then.the¨pool¨announces.itself    ,§,¤¤.¨@,£
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.#&¨¨.&@#¨    ..~dark«wolves=,climbing,out~of^.~=   ,¨¨§¨££¨,£
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£,¨&.#§..¨     *%*bright%-†*a$sudden@%awareness#    ..¨¨,¨.£,#
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.,¨@@§,,.@   =«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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