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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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.,,»*=%£##   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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¨,.¨¨.¨¨,=                    ¨#,                   =,¨¨.¨¨.,¨
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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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.¨,,.,.¨¨,  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   $%†»-,¨.¨.
¨,¨.--\§%@    Drink, Forms A Cup With His Hands,    @%§\--.¨,¨
,..,~†*£§¶       Lowers The Cup Into The Pool.      ¶§£*†~,..,
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,:-:%£####  He Tries To Resist At First, But Is Too ####£%:-:,
¨.~-\%&¤@#  Close, And He Quickly Gives Up As The   #@¤&%\-~.¨
¨.¨^-=*&&@  Liquid Flows Into His Mind. The Others, @&&*=-^¨.¨
¨,¨¨.-/^*§   » Not Understanding The-Danger, Move   §*^/-.¨¨,¨
¨¨,.¨^«\**       Closer To Help Their.Friend.       **\«^¨.,¨¨
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¨¨¨,.¨..-*    And¨Then.The.Pool,Announces,Itself    *-..¨.,¨¨¨
,¨...¨.,~»      To¨Them,-¨Sudden...Thoughts¨Of.     »~,.¨...¨,
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¨,,.¨.¨,¨.    ~~«The~Pool,«Surrounding:Them^-/^^    .¨,¨.¨.,,¨
.¨,¨,¨,.,¨    *Sudden\Thoughts*Of~»=Climbing\*%     ¨,.,¨,¨,¨.
¨,¨,.,¨..¨   Into=The/Pool,%Their*Thirst^Flaring*   ¨..¨,.,¨,¨
¨.,¨.¨,,.,    †$*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. .   ¨,¨,¨¨.¨¨,
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,,¨~»†^¤¤#                   And,                   #¤¤^†»~¨,,
.,,«:%¤¤@#                                          #@¤¤%:«,,.
,,»/§&¤@##  Now The Reach Of The Pool Has Widened.  ##@¤&§/»,,
,.-»/§§@¶#        Now Its Wolves See Further.       #¶@§§/»-.,
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