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,:«/*$§### JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA ###§$*/«:,
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,:«/*$§### AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ###§$*/«:,
,:«/**$§§§ SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE §§§$**/«:,
,:«/*$§### DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK ###§$*/«:,
,:«///$§## WATER. ##§$///«:,
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,:«/*$§### THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, ###§$*/«:,
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,:«/*$§### LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ###§$*/«:,
,:«/**$$$# TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT #$$$**/«:,
,:«/*$§§§§ THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE §§§§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ###§$*/«:,
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,:«/*$§### HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ###§$*/«:,
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,:«/*$§### SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§§## DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ##§§$*/«:,
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,:«/*$§### BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ###§$*/«:,
,:«/*$§### THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ###§$*/«:,
,,,,,:/*§# 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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