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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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