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¨¨¨,~;^§¤# ; 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. &**†«..¨¨¨
,¨.^«:%&££ IT'S SURFACE IS PITCH BLACK AND EVEN ££&%:«^.¨,
.¨.=**£@@# THOUGH IT'S NOT WELL PROTECTED, IT IS #@@£**=.¨.
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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. ,,..,¨.,.,
,.¨,,,,¨., ,.¨,,,,¨.,
,,.¨.,¨¨,¨ 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. ~^¨¨.,,,,¨
,¨¨.,¨,^-† ¨ » ~ , . †-^,¨,.¨¨,
,..,¨,^~;† AND.THEN¨THE.POOL¨ANNOUNCES.ITSELF †;~^,¨,..,
,,,.,.~/$% TO.THEM¨-¨SUDDEN¨^,THOUGHTS,OF¨ %$/~.,.,,,
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.,¨,,¨.,.. AND, ..,.¨,,¨,.
.,..¨..,¨, ,¨,..¨..,.
,¨¨.¨,¨¨,, NOW THE REACH OF THE POOL HAS WIDENED. ,,¨¨,¨.¨¨,
..,.¨¨,¨.- NOW ITS WOLVES SEE FURTHER. -.¨,¨¨.,..
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