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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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