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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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#@%*::¨¨¨¨ 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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