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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. ¨,~;%*¤@##
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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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