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##@¤@%^--¨ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ¨--^%@¤@##
##@¤@%^--¨ ¨--^%@¤@##
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##@¤@%^--¨ 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 ¨--^%@¤@##
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##@¤@%^--¨ --%% %%-- ¨--^%@¤@##
###¤@%^--¨ ----%%%%%%%%---- ¨--^%@¤###
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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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¤¤@%^^-¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%¤@
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##@¤@%^--¨ 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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