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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. $$===== #@#%$*=^..
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.^=*$%#@## 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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