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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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@§§%:~~,,, ~~~~~%% 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. ,,,,~~%%%§
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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. ,,,,~:%%§§
##@§%%:~~, ,~~:%%§@##
##@§%%:~~, 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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