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#¤¤/----~, there's a freshwater pond, secluded ,~----/¤¤#
#@#§¤$/-~, among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ,~-/$¤§#@#
#@#§¤$/-~, limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ,~-/$¤§#@#
##@#¤$/-~, surrounding plains, a ninety degree ,~-/$¤#@##
§$/~~~,,,, drop down, down, to the midnight-black ,,,,~~~/$§
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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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