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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. ††~~~~~ §&&††††~,¨
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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. ##@§&††~,¨
¨,~†&§@### ###@§&†~,¨
¨¨¨¨~†&&§# 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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