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.....~~*§# . . . #§*~~.....
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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. @@†*^.....
.^~*†@#### ####@†*~^.
....~††@@# ~~~~††††††††~~~~ #@@††~....
.......~†@ ~~†† ††~~ @†~.......
.^~*†§@### ~~~~~†† FAIRIES LIVE HERE. ††~~~~~ ###@§†*~^.
.~*†§@#### ~~†† ††~~ ####@§†*~.
.....^*§@# ~~~~††††††††~~~~ #@§*^.....
.....~†§§@ @§§†~.....
.^~*†§@### 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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