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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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¤††~,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,~††¤
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†~,,,,,,,, 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. ,,,,,,~††¤
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†~,,,,,,,, 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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