.:~:%@§£££ £££§@%:~:.
:~:%@§£### ###£§@%:~:
.....~%@@§ §@@%~.....
.....~~:@§ §@:~~.....
.....~:%@£ £@%:~.....
.:~:%@§§§§ . . . §§§§@%:~:.
.....:~:%§ . . . . . . §%:~:.....
.:~:%@§£## : : : : : : : : ##£§@%:~:.
.....:~:@£ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ £@:~:.....
.:~:%@§££# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #££§@%:~:.
.:~%@§£### ###£§@%~:.
.:~:%@§£## 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. §%:::.....
.:~:%@§£## ##£§@%:~:.
.:~::::@§# :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: #§@::::~:.
.:::~%@@@£ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ £@@@%~:::.
.:~~~:%@£# : : : : : : : : #£@%:~~~:.
.:~:%@§£## . . . . . . ##£§@%:~:.
...:~~~~%§ . . . §%~~~~:...
.:~~~%%§§# #§§%%~~~:.
.:~:%%%@§# #§@%%%:~:.
.:~:%@§£## ##£§@%:~:.
.:~:%@§£## ##£§@%:~:.
.:~:%@§£## ##£§@%:~:.