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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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@%%%†††~^, 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 ,,,,,^†%%@
##@§%††~^, 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. ,^~††%§@##
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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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