#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
@*†^==¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨==^†*@
@@†^^^=.¨¨ ¨¨.=^^^†@@
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
@*^=¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨=^*@
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
#@@@*†^=.¨ . . . . . . . . ¨.=^†*@@@#
#@@@*†^=.¨ = = = = = = = = = = = ¨.=^†*@@@#
@@@*^==¨¨¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨¨¨==^*@@@
@@@@*†^=.¨ ¨.=^†*@@@@
#@@@*†^=.¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨=^†@@@
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
@@@@*†^=.¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨.=^†*@@@@
@**^^^^=.¨ = = = = = = = = = = = ¨.=^^^^**@
@@@@*†^=.¨ . . . . . . . . ¨.=^†*@@@@
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
@@@†††^=.¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨.=^†††@@@
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#
@@*†=¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨=†*@@
@*^.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.^*@
@@@*^...¨¨ ¨¨...^*@@@
#@@@*†^=.¨ ¨.=^†*@@@#