,^~†^$¤@@# #@@¤$^†~^,
,^~†^$¤@@# #@@¤$^†~^,
,^~†^$¤@@@ @@@¤$^†~^,
,,,,,,^†$¤ ¤$†^,,,,,,
,^~†^$¤@@# #@@¤$^†~^,
,^~†^$@@## , , , ##@@$^†~^,
,^~†^$¤@## , , , , , , ##@¤$^†~^,
,,,,,~†^¤¤ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ¤¤^†~,,,,,
,^~†^$¤@@# ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ #@@¤$^†~^,
,,,,,,~^$¤ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¤$^~,,,,,,
,^~†^$¤@@# #@@¤$^†~^,
,,,^^†^^¤@ 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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,^~††††^¤¤ ¤¤^††††~^,
,^~†^$$$¤@ @¤$$$^†~^,
,,,,,,~†^¤ ¤^†~,,,,,,