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¨¨-~*†$#@# just off the coast to the baltic sea #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ there's a freshwater pond, secluded @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~*†$# among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the #$†*~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# surrounding plains, a ninety degree #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨-~*†$#@## drop down, down, to the midnight-black ##@#$†*~-¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# water. #@#$†*~-¨¨
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¨¨¨-~*†$#@ ~~†† ††~~ @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# ~~~~~†† fairies live here. ††~~~~~ #@#$†*~-¨¨
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¨¨-~*†$#@# ~~~~††††††††~~~~ #@#$†*~-¨¨
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¨¨¨¨-~*†$# they speak to the sloane, caress it, #$†*~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# longer and sharper thorns. they tell it #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨-~*†$#@## to stay just below the grass, so that ##@#$†*~-¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# the animals what come to drink the #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ water cannot see it before it draws @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~*†$# their blood. closer to the pond, the #$†*~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ sloane can grow taller, being able to @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# hide also in the juniper. #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨-~*†$#@## ##@#$†*~-¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# the fairies will beckon the animals to #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ push forward, tell them that they're @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~*†$# almost at the water, that they may #$†*~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ drink soon. and they will tug on the @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# sloane to make sure that the thorns cut #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨-~*†$#@## deep. when they finally find the path ##@#$†*~-¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# down between the rocks, away from the #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ bushwork and into the cleft, they are @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~*†$# bleeding from a thousand wounds. as #$†*~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ they drink from the dark water, it is @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# in turn drinking the animals blood. #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨-~*†$#@## ##@#$†*~-¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# the circle is complete, the contract #@#$†*~-¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ carried out; the animal is abandoned to @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨-~*†$# find its own way back. the bushes roots #$†*~-¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨-~*†$#@ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies @#$†*~-¨¨¨
¨¨-~*†$#@# dance in the sunbeams. #@#$†*~-¨¨
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