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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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,,,,,,,~/% ~~~~~%% 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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