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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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