Ouroboros Spine Where Dreams Went to Die

Hoping to discover that island in the center of the lake (additional visual). Strong swimming skills are mandatory! Please consult with your physician before partaking in rigorous activities.

He tried to catch some fog. He mist.

Something like that. What'd really happened was he was out at the lake, minding his own business, when all of a sudden the weather lifted and the sun parted just enough to dissolve a little bit of the perpetual fog that hovered around the center of the lake. His tongue was on the surface of the water, just about to lap when out of the corner of his vision something dark appeared. 

No. It was not a sun spot. Nor was it the shadow of another wolf joining him on the shore. Just there. In the distance. There she rose. A lone, tall, magnificent evergreen rising like a spire out of the mist like some glorious beacon calling him home. He gazed upon her as he sipped his drink. Then the sun slipped behind the cover of clouds and it's green giant was no more. 

What was seen could not be unseen. There, fused with his vision was the lone tree on which he could imagine others stood, still hidden beneath the misty veil. There was something beneath that fog, he knew. It would just be a matter of testing these waters and swimming the distance that needed to be swum. An obstacle. A moat of circumstance for such a fair lady of the earth. Surely some other brave knight would wish to accompany him. Kero threw back his head and howled an invitation. 

Then he plunged, striding into the water to begin this quest.