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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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&@%;«¨¨¨¨¨ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with ¨¨¨¨¨«;%@&
¶&@%;«¨¨¨¨ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ¨¨¨¨«;%@&¶
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@%;«¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨«;%
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