.,~=†*@¶¶¶ ¶¶¶@*†=~,.
.,~=††*@@¶ ¶@@*††=~,.
.,~=†*@¶## ##¶@*†=~,.
.,~=†*@¶## ##¶@*†=~,.
.,~=†††@¶¶ ¶¶@†††=~,.
.....,~†*@ . . . @*†~,.....
.,~=*@¶### . . . . . . ###¶@*=~,.
....~=††@# , , , , , , , , #@††=~....
.,~=†*@¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶@*†=~,.
.....,,=*¶ ======================================== ¶*=,,.....
......,=*@ @*=,......
.,~=†*@¶## 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. ###¶*†=~,.
.,~=†*@¶## ##¶@*†=~,.
.,~=†*@¶## ======================================== ##¶@*†=~,.
.,~=†*@@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@@*†=~,.
.....,=*@# , , , , , , , , #@*=,.....
..,~~==*¶¶ . . . . . . ¶¶*==~~,..
.,~=†*@¶## . . . ##¶@*†=~,.
.....,=**¶ ¶**=,.....
....~=**@# #@**=~....
.......~†@ @†~.......
.,~=*@¶### ###¶@*=~,.
.,~=†*@¶¶# #¶¶@*†=~,.