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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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