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,,,--†$%## there's a freshwater pond, secluded ##%$†--,,,
,-~†$%§### among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ###§%$†~-,
,-~†$%§### limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ###§%$†~-,
,,,,,~~~$§ surrounding plains, a ninety degree §$~~~,,,,,
,-~†$%%%§§ drop down, down, to the midnight-black §§%%%$†~-,
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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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