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¨¨,/$£¤@## among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ##@¤£$/,¨¨
¨¨¨,/$£¤@# limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the #@¤£$/,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,/$£¤@ surrounding plains, a ninety degree @¤£$/,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,/$£¤ drop down, down, to the midnight-black ¤£$/,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,/$£¤@# water cannot see it before it draws #@¤£$/,¨¨¨
¨¨,/$£¤@## their blood. closer to the pond, the ##@¤£$/,¨¨
¨,/$£¤@### sloane can grow taller, being able to ###@¤£$/,¨
¨¨,/$£¤@## hide also in the juniper. ##@¤£$/,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,/$£¤@ the fairies will beckon the animals to @¤£$/,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,/$£¤ push forward, tell them that they're ¤£$/,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,/$£ the circle is complete, the contract £$/,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,/$£¤@ find its own way back. the bushes roots @¤£$/,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,/$£¤@# drink the nutrutious water. the fairies #@¤£$/,¨¨¨
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