,,,,:=†%$@ @$%†=:,,,,
,,,:=†%$@@ @@$%†=:,,,
,,:=†%$@@# #@@$%†=:,,
,:=†%$@@## ##@@$%†=:,
,,:=†%$@@# #@@$%†=:,,
,,,:=†%$@@ , , , @@$%†=:,,,
,,,,:=†%$@ , , , , , , @$%†=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†%$ : : : : : : : : $%†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†% = = = = = = = = = = = %†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=† †††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† †=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:= =:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=† JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA †=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†% THERE'S A FRESHWATER POND, SECLUDED %†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=†%$ 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. ##@@$%†=:,
,,:=†%$@@# #@@$%†=:,,
,,,:=†%$@@ ====%%%%%%%%==== @@$%†=:,,,
,,,,:=†%$@ ==%% %%== @$%†=:,,,,
,,,,,:=†%$ =====%% FAIRIES LIVE HERE. %%===== $%†=:,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†% ==%% %%== %†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=† ====%%%%%%%%==== †=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,:= =:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:=† THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, †=:,,,,,,,
,,,,,,:=†% URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH %†=:,,,,,,
,,,,,:=†%$ 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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