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Recovery
The Ash had used had disintegrated from the process that they were ment for, but Ash really didn't care: It had worked and he was very much younger. Aside from the change, the only real side effect was the draining of energy that it caused, a drain which many months of recovery helped to overcome. After his transformation, he immediatly and quietly left the Old Furrys home, to avoid being seen. This was easyer now he no longer needed his wheelchair. For at least 7 months after that he spend homeless, mainly recovering. This at first was a hard change, but as he grew stronger, he began to accept the cold, and in his useual fashion, like it, something mildly unuseual for a Dalmatian. Another thing that made the long months, some of it during Winter time, barable was the meetine and eventual aquaintence of a wild Fox, who was eventually called Bold. Being Purly wild, it took months before he even came close to Ash, Ash being a dog and Bold a Fox, but eventually they got to know each other. Bold never bothered to learn to speak, but soon understood language, helped by the feelings he could sence (Due to being wilf), and that Ash could sence (Due to Empathy). Near the end of the recovery, Bold began to understand the uses and advantages of clothing, and after this, he has always worn clothing. After recovering substantaly, Ash was, by his thinking, ready to go back into a proper life. Unfortunatly, the only thing that the stones and the time resting did not help, apart from the shrapnel which only occasionally hurt, was Amnesia that had afflicted him, which he refurred to "The time before". The first thing he sought to look for was some kind of reflective surface, to see his face, as he hadn't seen it when he fled the Old Furrs home. He eventually found a discarded mirror, and was amazed by the effect: He looked many, many decades older. He looked like he was in his 20's.