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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, ####@**=~,
.¨,»;=$### AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. ###$=;»,¨.
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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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.,==$$@### AND¨THEN,THE¨POOL,ANNOUNCES¨ITSELF ###@$$==,.
¨..»;^%£## TO,THEM,-,SUDDEN¨-,THOUGHTS.OF. ##£%^;»..¨
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,,«†*$¶### *SUDDEN\THOUGHTS=OF~«*CLIMBING/** ###¶$*†«,,
.,,-/%&£@# INTO%THE=POOL,$THEIR^THIRST§FLARING% #@£&%/-,,.
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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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