¨.«†^%&@## ##@&%^†«.¨
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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. ^^««««« &%^†«.¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨.«†^%&@ ««^^ ^^«« @&%^†«.¨¨¨
¨¨.«†^%&@# ««««^^^^^^^^«««« #@&%^†«.¨¨
¨.«†^%&@## ##@&%^†«.¨
¨¨.«†^%&@# 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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