^=^$%@#### ####@%$^=^
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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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