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#@@@§=^=,¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨,=^=§@@@#
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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. ¨¨¨,=^==@@
@@§§==^=,¨ ¨,=^==§§@@
#@@@§=^=,¨ 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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##@@§=^=,¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨,=^=§@@##
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