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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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.....~$@@# ~~$$ $$~~ #@@$~.....
....~$%%@@ ~~~~~$$ fairies live here. $$~~~~~ @@%%$~....
.^~†$%@### ~~$$ $$~~ ###@%$†~^.
.....^^†$@ ~~~~$$$$$$$$~~~~ @$†^^.....
.^~†$%@### ###@%$†~^.
.^~†$%@### they speak to the sloane, caress it, ###@%$†~^.
..^^†$%@@# urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with #@@%$†^^..
.......~$@ longer and sharper thorns. they tell it @$~.......
.^~†$%@### to stay just below the grass, so that ###@%$†~^.
.^~††$$$$@ the animals what come to drink the @$$$$††~^.
....^~$%## water cannot see it before it draws ##%$~^....
.^~†$%@### their blood. closer to the pond, the ###@%$†~^.
...^^^†%%# sloane can grow taller, being able to #%%†^^^...
.^~†%@#### hide also in the juniper. ####@%†~^.
.^~†††%@@# #@@%†††~^.
.^~†$%@### the fairies will beckon the animals to ###@%$†~^.
......^~$@ push forward, tell them that they're @$~^......
....^~†%@# almost at the water, that they may #@%†~^....
.....^†%@# drink soon. and they will tug on the #@%†^.....
....^~~$$@ 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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