¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.- # -------------------- # -.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.-/ / 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. ¨.,.¨,.,¨.
,.¨¨¨¨,,,. .,,,¨¨¨¨.,
¨¨¨....¨:= =:¨....¨¨¨
¨,¨,¨.¨--† †--¨.¨,¨,¨
.¨,,¨¨^«^* *^«^¨¨,,¨.
,,¨,¨:«=%% %%=«:¨,¨,,