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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 ¨¨¨¨:~^@@#
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@@#¤@^^~:¨ 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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