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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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