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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. #@#&@§/-,,
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,,-/§@&#@# ----§§§§§§§§---- #@#&@§/-,,
,,,,-/§&&@ --§§ §§-- @&&§/-,,,,
,,-/§§@@#@ -----§§ 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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