.§§§.§§... §...§§..§.
§..§§.§... §..§.§.§§.
§.§.§§§..§ §.§§§§§.§§
§§§§..§.§§ §§....§§..
...§.§§§.§ .§...§.§.§
..§§§..§§. # -------------------- # §§..§§§§§§
.§..§.§.§. \ 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. #&&&,¨¨,&#
.§#.¨.,¨,. .¨¨#.¨¨£.,
¤,§¨..,,.¨ .¨¤¤¨¨§#,¨
£@@¨,..,,£ ¨&¨£¨#,£.#
¨.#¨,...&£ £&§£&£§&#,
.£§,..¨¤.# ¨....,.,&,