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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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¨¨¨§§¨¨§§§ 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. §¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨§
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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 ¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨§§¨ dance in the sunbeams. ¨§§¨¨§§§§¨
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