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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. *~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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