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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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