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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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§¨&¨@£.&.# 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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§,&¨¤&¨&¨# NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ,¤.@¨¤,¨@,
§.#..¤.#.§ NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. §§,#,&.¤§,
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