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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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¨,~^†*§#@@ @@#§*†^~,¨
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