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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. ††~~~~~ #†///~~~,¨
¨,~/†&#@## ~~†† ††~~ ##@#&†/~,¨
¨,~/&#@### ~~~~††††††††~~~~ ###@#&/~,¨
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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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¨,~/†&#@@@ @@@#&†/~,¨
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