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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. ,,,,,:†%¤#
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#@#¤%††~:, 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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