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¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^§ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ §^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. #@§^-~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~-^§@ @§^-~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^§ ----§§§§§§§§---- §^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-^ --§§ §§-- ^-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~- -----§§ 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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