-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=
†=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=†
%†=-^¨¨¨¨¨ ======================================== ¨¨¨¨¨^-=†%
£%†=-^¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨^-=†%£
#£%†=-^¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨^-=†%£#
##£%†=-^¨¨ ¨¨^-=†%£##
###£%†=-^¨ ======================================== ¨^-=†%£###
##£%†=-^¨¨ - - - - - - - - - - - ¨¨^-=†%£##
#£%†=-^¨¨¨ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ¨¨¨^-=†%£#
£%†=-^¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨^-=†%£
%†=-^¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨^-=†%
†=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=†
=-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-=
-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨