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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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.....¤¤..¤ 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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