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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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.-=:†&§### ====††††††††==== ###§&†:=-.
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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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