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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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.,«^*§¤#@#   IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN   #@#¤§*^«,.
.:-:†:£§£@   THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS  @£§£:†:-:.
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,,«*/=§£##    WHICH IS SOMETHING THEY ALL DESIRE    ##£§=/*«,,
,¨.^^*£&@¶    GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO   ¶@&£*^^.¨,
,,~*=§####  NOTICE THAT THE STARS DO NOT REFLECT ON ####§=*~,,
.^~^$§@@##   ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO   ##@@§$^~^.
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,,~^§¤&@##      LOWERS THE CUP INTO THE POOL.       ##@&¤§^~,,
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,,,.¨«%§§#       CLOSER TO HELP THEIR,FRIEND.       #§§%«¨.,,,
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,,=;§£¤###     TO.THEM.-¨SUDDEN,:¨THOUGHTS,OF,      ###¤£§;=,,
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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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