,,,,,:~*%£ £%*~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:*%£ £%*:,,,,,,
,:~~~~~%£@ @£%~~~~~:,
,:~~~**££@ @££**~~~:,
,:~*%££#@# #@#££%*~:,
,:~*%££#@# # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # #@#££%*~:,
,,,,,,~%£@ * 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. &%=~¨,¨.¨,
,-»^†%¶### ###¶%†^»-,
¨.~=*&@@¶@ @¶@@&*=~.¨
.~»\%%##@# #@##%%\»~.
,,~:=%§¶## ##¶§%=:~,,
¨,¨,.~§*§£ £§*§~.,¨,¨