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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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