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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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#%*/,,,,,, 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. ,,/*%#¶@##
#@¶#%*/,,, ,,,/*%#¶@#
@¶#%*/,,,, 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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