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¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨ 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 ¤¨¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¨ 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 ¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¤
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¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¨ 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 ¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨¤
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¨¤¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¨ THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¤
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¤¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¨ FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS ¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¤
¨¤¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¤ DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES ¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¤
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