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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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##¤@*†~~,, ,,~~†*@¤##
#¤@*†~~,,, 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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