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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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##&§††«,,, 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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