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.^~==$@@@@ Just Off The Coast To The Baltic Sea @@@@$==~^.
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.^~==$@@## Among Ashen And Juniper. A Cleft In The ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Limestone Bedrock, Sharp-Cut From The ##@@$==~^.
......~~=@ Surrounding Plains, A Ninety Degree @=~~......
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.^~==$@@## Water. ##@@$==~^.
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.^~==$@@@@ ~~~~~== Fairies Live Here. ==~~~~~ @@@@$==~^.
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.^~==$@### They Speak To The Sloane, Caress It, ###@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Urge It To Grow Thicker, Tangled, With ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Longer And Sharper Thorns. They Tell It ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@### To Stay Just Below The Grass, So That ###@$==~^.
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.^~==$@@## Water Cannot See It Before It Draws ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Their Blood. Closer To The Pond, The ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Sloane Can Grow Taller, Being Able To ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@### Hide Also In The Juniper. ###@$==~^.
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.^~==$@@## Push Forward, Tell Them That They'Re ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Almost At The Water, That They May ##@@$==~^.
.^~==$@@## Drink Soon. And They Will Tug On The ##@@$==~^.
....^^~=@@ 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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.^~==$@@## The Circle Is Complete, The Contract ##@@$==~^.
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.^~==$@@## Drink The Nutrutious Water. The Fairies ##@@$==~^.
....^===@@ Dance In The Sunbeams. @@===^....
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