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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 #¤@@^:....
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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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