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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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