....^^-†%& &%†-^^....
.^-/†%&#@# #@#&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&### ###&%†/-^.
...--//†&@ @&†//--...
.^-/†%#@## ##@#%†/-^.
.^-/†%&##@ . . . @##&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&#@# . . . . . . #@#&%†/-^.
.^-†%&#@## ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ##@#&%†-^.
.^^--//††& - - - - - - - - - - - &††//--^^.
.^-/†%&#@# //////////////////////////////////////// #@#&%†/-^.
.....^/†%# #%†/^.....
.^-/†%%%#@ 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. @@#&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&##@ @##&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&#@@ //////////////////////////////////////// @@#&%†/-^.
.....^-/%& - - - - - - - - - - - &%/-^.....
....^^-/%& ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ &%/-^^....
.^-/†%&#@# . . . . . . #@#&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&#@# . . . #@#&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&#@# #@#&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&#@# #@#&%†/-^.
.^-/†%&#@# #@#&%†/-^.
......-††& &††-......
....-//%## ##%//-....