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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. ,.~*†&¤@@#
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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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