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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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