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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. ,@¨@,,@¨@¨
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¤¨£.§¨¤,@& 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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#¨¤.@¨¤.¤& =SUDDEN\THOUGHTS/OF~=\CLIMBING\^^ .#.§¨.§,§¨
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#,@¨¤,£¨@£ NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ,@¨§.,£.&¨
§¨#¨§.#,.# NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. .@,§¨&§,£,
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