,~~~=/%%##                                          ##%%/=~~~,
,~=/*%£#@#                                          #@#£%*/=~,
,~=/*%£#@#                                          #@#£%*/=~,
,~=/*%£#@#                                          #@#£%*/=~,
,~=/*%%££#                                          #££%%*/=~,
,~=/*%£#@#         # ==================== #         #@#£%*/=~,
,,,,,~=*£@         / 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...     /         £*//~,,,,,
,~=/*%££##         # ==================== #         ##££%*/=~,
¨,«\§££¶##                                          ##¶££§\«,¨
¨~~†=&¤@##     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.     ####£*†».,
..-\%§@&¶#                                          #¶&@§%\-..
¨,-;%*£@##                   ¨#,                    ##@£*%;-,¨
¨¨,,~=@&&@                                          @&&@=~,,¨¨
¨~=^$§£££@    The Pool Lies In A Small Meteorite    @£££§$^=~¨
,¨¨.:,«=¤#    Impact Crater, Sixty Meters Across.   #¤=«,:.¨¨,
,^«/%$###@   It'S Surface Is Pitch Black And Even   @###$%/«^,
,.=;=&¤¶##   Though It'S Not Well Protected, It Is  ##¶¤&=;=.,
,-»/§££#£¶           Undisturbed By Wind.           ¶£#££§/»-,
¨¨.,,..=*§                                          §*=..,,.¨¨
,,.¨..~«^#                    ,#,                   #^«~..¨.,,
.^~\=%@@##                                          ##@@%=\~^.
¨.~*=£¤@¶@     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¨      ###£#§;«,.
¨:=†*$####   ,,»Dark»Wolves~¨Climbing^Out,Of.~:»    ####$*†=:¨
,~»\§*£###    »~«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###@  ###¤&†;~,.
,-=^^§££¶#   #####The#Feeling#Of#This*Knowledge:«   #¶££§^^=-,
.,~^=%@###   «=Being « Stolen ~= From =~« Them. ,   ###@%=^~,.
.-»/†&¤@&¶          -= ¨  ~-~ ,  ~.  .»  ~          ¶&@¤&†/»-.
¨,=:*$¤###    ~   --          :                .    ###¤$*:=,¨
¨¨,¨~=*%£@        .      ¨          .      †        @£%*=~¨,¨¨
.¨.«~-*&@@                                          @@&*-~«.¨.
.^«\§%#¶@#                   ¨#¨                    #@¶#%§\«^.
¨,-\†¤£¶@@                                          @@¶£¤†\-,¨
.,=:^£@###                   And,                   ###@£^:=,.
,¨,.^«=^#@                                          @#^=«^.,¨,
,-«==£¤###  Now The Reach Of The Pool Has Widened.  ###¤£==«-,
¨.-/=%¤¶##        Now Its Wolves See Further.       ##¶¤%=/-.¨
.~=*^&&@##                                          ##@&&^*=~.
,,»:^%£#@#                                          #@#£%^:»,,
,-~^†%%@§#                                          #§@%%†^~-,
...¨,:,:£¶                                          ¶£:,:,¨...
¨,-\%@£##@                                          @##£@%\-,¨