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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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