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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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§§§§§§^-.¨ ----§§§§§§§§---- ¨.-^§§§§§§
¶§§§-.¨¨¨¨ --§§ §§-- ¨¨¨¨.-§§§¶
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¶§&^.¨¨¨¨¨ --§§ §§-- ¨¨¨¨¨.^&§¶
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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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