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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. ###¤@†:=.¨
¨¨..:††@¤¤ ¤¤@††:..¨¨
¨.=:@¤@### 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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