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¨.-*$&@### **************************************** ###@&$*-.¨
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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. $$----- @@@$*.¨¨¨¨
¨.-*$&@#@# --$$ $$-- #@#@&$*-.¨
¨.-*$&@#@# ----$$$$$$$$---- #@#@&$*-.¨
¨¨¨..*&@@@ @@@&*..¨¨¨
¨.-*$$$@@@ 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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