,,,,-†††%# #%†††-,,,,
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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. @@##%§†-,,
,,,,,,-§#@ @#§-,,,,,,
,,-†§%##@# ----§§§§§§§§---- #@##%§†-,,
,,,---§§## --§§ §§-- ##§§---,,,
,,,,,,,-§# -----§§ FAIRIES LIVE HERE. §§----- #§-,,,,,,,
,,,,,,-§%# --§§ §§-- #%§-,,,,,,
,,-†§%##@# ----§§§§§§§§---- #@##%§†-,,
,,-†§%##@# #@##%§†-,,
,,-†§%##@# 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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,,-†§%##@# #@##%§†-,,