¨¨¨,-;*@ #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;*@# ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨,-;*@## ###&@*;-,¨
¨¨,-;*@# ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@ #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& ¨ ¨ ¨ &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-;*@ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @*;-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& , , , , , , , , &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@ - - - - - - - - - - - #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;*@# ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨,-;*@## ###&@*;-,¨
¨¨,-;*@# 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. ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@ #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-;*@ - - - - - - - - - - - @*;-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& , , , , , , , , &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨,-;*@# ¨ ¨ ¨ ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨,-;*@## ###&@*;-,¨
¨¨,-;*@# ##&@*;-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-;*@ #&@*;-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-;*@& &@*;-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-;*@ @*;-,¨¨¨¨¨