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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:= =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:== ¨ ¨ ¨ ==:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:==% ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ %==:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. $$===== ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ==$$ $$== ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨: ====$$$$$$$$==== :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨:==% ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ %==:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:== ¨ ¨ ¨ ==:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:= =:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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