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¨¨--=%%§## just off the coast to the baltic sea ##§%%=--¨¨
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¨¨--=%%§## 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 #§%%=--¨¨¨
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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 #§%%=--¨¨¨
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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 #§%%=--¨¨¨
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