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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. ,,,,,~===#
#@@#&=^~,, ,,~^=@@#
@@@#&=^~,, 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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