,,-†%$#@## ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,,,†%$# #$%†,,,,,,
,,-†%$#@## , , , ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#### , , , , , , ####$%†-,,
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,,-†%$#@## - - - - - - - - - - - ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,-%%$@# #@$%%-,,,,
,,,,,,†%#@ JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA @#%†,,,,,,
,,-†%$#@## THERE'S A FRESHWATER POND, SECLUDED ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,,-%%## SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE ##%%-,,,,,
,,,,,,†$$@ DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK @$$†,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-%# WATER. #%-,,,,,,,
,,-†%$#### ####$%†-,,
,,,--†$$@# ----%%%%%%%%---- #@$$†--,,,
,,-†%$#@@# --%% %%-- #@@#$%†-,,
,,,,,††%%# -----%% FAIRIES LIVE HERE. %%----- #%%††,,,,,
,,,,,†%#@# --%% %%-- #@#%†,,,,,
,,-†%$#@## ----%%%%%%%%---- ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,,-%### ###%-,,,,,
,,-†%$#@## THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,,-%$$@ URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH @$$%-,,,,,
,,-†%$$$## LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ##$$$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$$$## WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ##$$$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,,,,†$@ SLOANE CAN GROW TALLER, BEING ABLE TO @$†,,,,,,,
,,-†%$#@@@ HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. @@@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$@### ###@$%†-,,
,,,,†%%#@@ THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO @@#%%†,,,,
,,-†%$#@## PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,,,-†$@ ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY @$†-,,,,,,
,,-†%$#@## DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## DOWN BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AWAY FROM THE ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$$$## BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE ##$$$%†-,,
,,-†%$#### BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ####$%†-,,
,,,,,--%%# THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS #%%--,,,,,
,,-†%%$$#@ IN TURN DRINKING THE ANIMALS BLOOD. @#$$%%†-,,
,,,,-†$$@# #@$$†-,,,,
,,-†%$$##@ THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE, THE CONTRACT @##$$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## CARRIED OUT; THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED TO ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$@### DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES ###@$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## DANCE IN THE SUNBEAMS. ##@#$%†-,,
,,,,†%$#@# #@#$%†,,,,
,,,,,-%%## †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ##%%-,,,,,
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,,-†%$#@## ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#@## ##@#$%†-,,
,,-†%$#### ####$%†-,,