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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 ¨-~††%@@@@
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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 ¨-~†††%@@#
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