,,,--=††#@ @#††=--,,,
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,,-==††##@ @##††==-,,
,,,,==†%## 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. #@¶#%††=-,
,-=††%#¶@# #@¶#%††=-,
,,-=††%#¶¶ †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† ¶¶#%††=-,,
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