.~-^*¤§¶## ##¶§¤*^-~.
.~~---*§§¶ ¶§§*---~~.
.~-^*¤§¶¶# #¶¶§¤*^-~.
.~-^*¤§¶## ##¶§¤*^-~.
.~-^**¤¤¶¶ ¶¶¤¤**^-~.
.....~^¤¤¶ . . . ¶¤¤^~.....
.~-^*¤§¶## . . . . . . ##¶§¤*^-~.
.~-^*¤§¶## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##¶§¤*^-~.
.~-^*¤§¶## - - - - - - - - - - - ##¶§¤*^-~.
....~-*¤¶¶ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¶¶¤*-~....
.~-^*¤§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§¤*^-~.
....-^^¤¤¶ 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. #¶¤^-.....
.~-^*¤§¶## ##¶§¤*^-~.
.~---**¤¤¶ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¶¤¤**---~.
.....---*§ - - - - - - - - - - - §*---.....
.~-^*¤§¶¶¶ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¶¶¶§¤*^-~.
.....~~^*§ . . . . . . §*^~~.....
....~^^¤¶¶ . . . ¶¶¤^^~....
...---*¤¶¶ ¶¶¤*---...
.~-^*¤¤§§¶ ¶§§¤¤*^-~.
.~-^*¤§¶## ##¶§¤*^-~.
.~-^*¤§§§# #§§§¤*^-~.
.~~~-^*¤¤¶ ¶¤¤*^-~~~.