.^=†=¤¤@## ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=†=¤¤@## ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=†=¤¤@## ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=†=¤¤@## ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=†=¤¤@## ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=†=¤¤@## . . . ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=†=¤¤@## . . . . . . ##@¤¤=†=^.
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..^^†==¤¤# = = = = = = = = = = = #¤¤==†^^..
...^====¤@ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† @¤====^...
.^===††¤¤¤ ¤¤¤††===^.
.....^==¤@ 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. ##@¤¤=†=^.
.^=††=¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤=††=^.
.....==†=¤ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¤=†==.....
.^=†=¤¤@## = = = = = = = = = = = ##@¤¤=†=^.
..^^^^=†=¤ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ¤=†=^^^^..
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.....^==¤@ @¤==^.....
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