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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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