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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. #§§§%†\=~,
,,,,,=†%%§ §%%†=,,,,,
,,,,,~\%%§ ====††††††††==== §%%\~,,,,,
,~=\†§#### ==†† ††== ####§†\=~,
,~=\†%§### =====†† 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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