##@¤§^;~,, ,,~;^§¤@##
##@¤§^;~,, ,,~;^§¤@##
#@@¤§^;~,, ,,~;^§¤@@#
#¤§;,,,,,, ,,,,,,;§¤#
¤^~~,,,,,, ,,,,,,~~^¤
¤§§§^;~~,, , , , ,,~~;^§§§¤
##@¤§^;~,, , , , , , , ,,~;^§¤@##
###¤§^;~,, , , , , , , , , ,,~;^§¤###
##@¤§^;~,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,~;^§¤@##
##@¤§^;~,, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ,,~;^§¤@##
@@§^^;~,,, ,,,~;^^§@@
##@¤§^;~,, 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. ,,,~;;§¤¤@
##@¤§^;~,, ,,~;^§¤@##
#¤¤§§^;~,, ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ,,~;^§§¤¤#
##@¤§^;~,, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ,,~;^§¤@##
###@§^;~,, , , , , , , , , ,,~;^§@###
¤¤§§;,,,,, , , , , , , ,,,,,;§§¤¤
#¤^;;,,,,, , , , ,,,,,;;^¤#
#@@¤§^;~,, ,,~;^§¤@@#
##@¤§^;~,, ,,~;^§¤@##
@¤^~,,,,,, ,,,,,,~^¤@
@@§^~,,,,, ,,,,,~^§@@
¤^;~~,,,,, ,,,,,~~;^¤