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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...     ^         =^»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:»^=$         # »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» #         $=^»:¨¨¨¨¨
.,..~«*$*#                                          #*$*«~..,.
,,,,=*$£&#     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,   #@$^\=:,.,
¨¨,¨~~/%¤@     and about to find the wolf pool.     @¤%/~~¨,¨¨
¨,¨.,-»*=%                                          %=*»-,.¨,¨
¨.¨.¨.^«*^                   ,#.                    ^*«^.¨.¨.¨
..,¨..,:-;                                          ;-:,..¨,..
.¨¨,,,,.,=    the pool lies in a small meteorite    =,.,,,,¨¨.
¨.,,,,¨.,-   impact crater, sixty meters across.    -,.¨,,,,.¨
.,...,...¨   it's surface is pitch black and even   ¨...,...,.
,..¨..¨¨.,  though it's not well protected, it is   ,.¨¨..¨..,
¨,.¨¨,,¨,¨           undisturbed by wind.           ¨,¨,,¨¨.,¨
,¨,...,.,¨                                          ¨,.,...,¨,
¨¨¨,¨..,.¨                    ,#¨                   ¨.,..¨,¨¨¨
¨.,,¨¨.,¨.                                          .¨,.¨¨,,.¨
¨¨..,..,.¨     as they stumble on the pool, the     ¨.,..,..¨¨
.,,¨...,,. explorers first believe it to be water,  .,,...¨,,.
,¨,..,.¨,¨    which is something they all desire    ¨,¨.,..,¨,
,,,,,.¨,,.    greatly at this point. they fail to   .,,¨.,,,,,
,.,...¨.,»  notice that the stars do not reflect on »,.¨...,.,
.¨¨,,,,,~*   its surface. one of them crouches to   *~,,,,,¨¨.
¨,¨¨¨.,~\=    drink, forms a cup with his hands,    =\~,.¨¨¨,¨
¨,¨.¨^~;†$       lowers the cup into the pool.      $†;~^¨.¨,¨
¨,.¨,»†^$£                                          £$^†»,¨.,¨
,.¨~-\*¤@# he tries to resist at first, but is too  #@¤*\-~¨.,
,,:~^$@&##   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. ¨   ¨,.,¨,,,..
..,,,,¨..¨          «= .  ~-~ ¨  ~.  ~=  -          ¨..¨,,,,..
¨¨¨..,¨..¨    ~   ^:          -                ,    ¨..¨,..¨¨¨
,.¨¨¨.,.,:        .      ¨          .      *        :,.,.¨¨¨.,
¨.,.¨.,¨.=                                          =.¨,.¨.,.¨
¨...¨¨.,-;                    .#,                   ;-,.¨¨...¨
.¨¨,,¨,-^=                                          =^-,¨,,¨¨.
¨..¨,~»\§§                   and,                   §§\»~,¨..¨
,.,.,»:†&§                                          §&†:»,.,.,
,,,:-\†@&@  now the reach of the pool has widened.  @&@†\-:,,,
.,:=;%&¤@#        now its wolves see further.       #@¤&%;=:,.
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..,^~†%&&@                                          @&&%†~^,..
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¨..,,:~^§&                                          &§^~:,,..¨