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