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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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,,:~~;¤¤@@ ~~~~~$$ fairies live here. $$~~~~~ @@¤¤;~~:,,
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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 @¤¤¤;::,,,
,:~;$$$¤@@ hide also in the juniper. @@¤$$$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@@# #@@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤@@## the fairies will beckon the animals to ##@@¤$;~:,
,,,:;$¤¤¤@ push forward, tell them that they're @¤¤¤$;:,,,
,:~;$¤¤@@# almost at the water, that they may #@@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@## drink soon. and they will tug on the ##@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@## sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ##@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@@@ deep. when they finally find the path @@@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$$$$¤¤ down between the rocks, away from the ¤¤$$$$;~:,
,,,,,,~$¤¤ bushwork and into the cleft, they are ¤¤$~,,,,,,
,:~;$¤¤¤@@ bleeding from a thousand wounds. as @@¤¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@## they drink from the dark water, it is ##@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤¤¤@ in turn drinking the animals blood. @¤¤¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@@# #@@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@@# the circle is complete, the contract #@@¤¤$;~:,
,:~;$¤¤@@@ carried out; the animal is abandoned to @@@¤¤$;~:,
,,::~~$¤@@ find its own way back. the bushes roots @@¤$~~::,,
,:~;$¤¤@@# drink the nutrutious water. the fairies #@@¤¤$;~:,
,,,,,,~$¤¤ dance in the sunbeams. ¤¤$~,,,,,,
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