£££¨¨£¨£¨£                                          ¨¨£¨¨££¨¨£
£££¨££¨£¨¨                                          ¨££¨£¨£¨£¨
¨££¨¨£¨£¨£                                          ¨¨£¨£¨£¨£¨
£¨£¨££¨£¨¨                                          ¨££¨£¨£¨£¨
£¨£¨¨£¨£¨£                                          ¨¨£¨£¨£¨£¨
£¨£¨££¨£¨¨         # ==================== #         ¨££¨£¨£¨£¨
£¨£¨¨£¨£¨£         * 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.       .&£,¤.¤.§,
§.&.¨£¨£¨§                                          ¨.§.&,&,§,
&.&,##,¤¨,                                          .#£.¤¨¤¨§.
§¨£¨,§,§,@                                          .¨§.§¨@,¤.
¤,&,@£,¤,,                                          .&@.¤,§.#.
§¨¤,¨&.¤¨¤                                          ,.&,#.£.¤.