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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. §§===== @@@¤%§==~,
,~==§%@@## ==§§ §§== ##@@%§==~,
,,,==§%¤¤@ ====§§§§§§§§==== @¤¤%§==,,,
,,,~~=§§¤¤ ¤¤§§=~~,,,
,,~~===§§¤ 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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