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,,,,^††$@@ @@$††^,,,,
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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 @#***«^,,,
,^«†*$#@## DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK ##@#$*†«^,
,,,^«*$$$# WATER. #$$$*«^,,,
,^«†*$#@## ##@#$*†«^,
,^«†*$#@@@ ««««********«««« @@@#$*†«^,
,^«†*$#@## ««** **«« ##@#$*†«^,
,^«*$#@@## «««««** FAIRIES LIVE HERE. **««««« ##@@#$*«^,
,^«†*$#@@# ««** **«« #@@#$*†«^,
,^«†*$#@@# ««««********«««« #@@#$*†«^,
,^«†*$#@@@ @@@#$*†«^,
,^«†*$#@@# THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, #@@#$*†«^,
,^«†*$#@@# URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH #@@#$*†«^,
,,,,,^^†*# 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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