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~-,,,,,,,, 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 ,,-~/^§§@#
##@§§^/~-, dance in the sunbeams. ,-~/^§§@##
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