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