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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, ¨§§§¨¨§§§§
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,..§¤,&¤&, FINDING INSTEAD ONLY STONE AND DIRT AND ¨@£@#&#§¤.
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§¨.£§§#&,, AND ABOUT TO FIND THE WOLF POOL. §¨,,.,&,¤.
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.&&@,..§.. EXPLORERS FIRST BELIEVE IT TO BE WATER, §.¨£.£,&¤,
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#¨@£,§¨### GREATLY AT THIS POINT. THEY FAIL TO @£,¨,¨¤£§@
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,£@,,,£,¨, ITS SURFACE. ONE OF THEM CROUCHES TO ¤&,.£@,.¨&
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,¤.,.#,#,& LIQUID FLOWS INTO HIS MIND. THE OTHERS, .¨§¨##¤,&¨
¤&..&&&§#¨ » NOT UNDERSTANDING THE~DANGER, MOVE ¨¤££,¨¤@@,
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