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@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ¨                  ¨                   ¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ¨       ¨       ¨      ¨       ¨       ¨ ¨@¨@¨@¨@@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ :    :     :    :    :     :     :     : ¨@¨@¨@¨¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~   ~  ~   ~   ~   ~ ¨@¨@¨@¨@@¨
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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.        ¨@¨@¨@¨¨@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨                                          ¨@¨@¨@¨@@¨
@¨@¨@¨@¨@¨ 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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