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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. ¨¨¨¨^-:=@#
##@=:-^¨¨¨ ¨¨¨^-:=@##
###@=:-^¨¨ 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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