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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...     :         £$%:-^¨¨¨¨
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,¨¨¨.»;§£¤   LANDSCAPE, SEARCHING FOR A WAY BACK,   ¤£§;».¨¨¨,
,¨,:~^^£@@ FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND  @@£^^~:,¨,
.¨,-*%£¤@#  ROOTS THAT ARE AS HARD AS THE GROUND.   #@¤£%*-,¨.
¨,«†^*&@##   IT'S GETTING DARK, THEY ARE THIRSTY,   ##@&*^†«,¨
,,^»=%§&£#     AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL.     #£&§%=»^,,
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¨¨¨,¨,-~:^    THE POOL LIES IN A SMALL METEORITE    ^:~-,¨,¨¨¨
¨¨,.¨~-^%§    IMPACT CRATER, SIXTY METERS ACROSS.   §%^-~¨.,¨¨
.,¨¨^«/%£&   IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN   &£%/«^¨¨,.
¨.¨~-†=££¶  THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS   ¶££=†-~¨.¨
.,,~**@#£#           UNDISTURBED BY WIND.           #£#@**~,,.
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..¨.~»=^¤¤     AS THEY STUMBLE ON THE POOL, THE     ¤¤^=»~.¨..
,¨...,=\=$ 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    @§%$:-~¨.,
,¨:»*†@£#@     TO,THEM.-,SUDDEN¨,.THOUGHTS¨OF¨      @#£@†*»:¨,
,,»/%@@¶##   ¨:~DARK~WOLVES»,CLIMBING,OUT-OF-,,=    ##¶@@%/»,,
.¨:»/%§§£#    =-»THE~POOL,»SURROUNDING^THEM\-;=:    #£§§%/»:¨.
,,¨.«;§$¤#     /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@#@@  £$^=~^..¨¨
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,¨.«=%£@#@   «»BEING - STOLEN ~~ FROM »»» THEM. ¨   @#@£%=«.¨,
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¨..,=†*¤£@  NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED.  @£¤*†=,..¨
..,»^*§#¶#        NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER.       #¶#§*^»,..
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