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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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