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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. @@§%^/«,¨¨
¨¨¨,«/^%§@ @§%^/«,¨¨¨
¨¨,«/^%§@@ 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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