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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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