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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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