Whispers echo in the chambers of the night...
In the labyrinth of slumber, a cipher emerges:
"Zr nvm nz vqrx, hqwna whv wkh frqfhfw wrrg qhyb dq
uw dovq wkdq wh wr qirwfq/wru/dfqb&gfrp wkh wkl]
Decode or succumb, the choice lingers like dew upon the crisscrossed leaves.