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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. ¨:»/==@@@#
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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. ¨:»/=@@@##
##@@@=/»:¨ ¨:»/=@@@##
#@@@@=/»:¨ 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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