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,-†*$¤@@## just off the coast to the baltic sea ##@@¤$*†-,
,:-†*$¤@@# there's a freshwater pond, secluded #@@¤$*†-:,
,:-†*$¤@@@ among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the @@@¤$*†-:,
,:-†*$¤@@# limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the #@@¤$*†-:,
,,,,-†††$¤ surrounding plains, a ninety degree ¤$†††-,,,,
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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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,:-†*$¤@@@ the fairies will beckon the animals to @@@¤$*†-:,
,:-†*$¤@@# push forward, tell them that they're #@@¤$*†-:,
,:-†*$¤@@# almost at the water, that they may #@@¤$*†-:,
,:--†***¤@ 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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