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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 ##@&*§=»:,
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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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