.,=*****¤# #¤*****=,.
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤@@@ @@@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤¤@@ . . . @@¤¤£**=,.
...,==*££@ . . . . . . @££*==,...
.....=*£@@ , , , , , , , , @@£*=.....
.,=**£¤@## = = = = = = = = = = = ##@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤@@# **************************************** #@@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.
..,=****£¤ 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. ##@¤£**=,.
...==****¤ ¤****==...
....==*¤¤¤ **************************************** ¤¤¤*==....
.,=**£¤@## = = = = = = = = = = = ##@¤£**=,.
.......=*¤ , , , , , , , , ¤*=.......
.,=**£¤@## . . . . . . ##@¤£**=,.
....,*££¤¤ . . . ¤¤££*,....
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.
.,=*£¤@### ###@¤£*=,.
.....,=*£¤ ¤£*=,.....
.,=**£¤@## ##@¤£**=,.