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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. ##§§*=/-:,
,,,,,,:/=§ §=/:,,,,,,
,:-/=*§#@# ----========---- #@#§*=/-:,
,,,,,,-=*# --== ==-- #*=-,,,,,,
,:-/=*§@## -----== 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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