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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.                  ###¤&%/~^.
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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.        #¤&%~^....
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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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.....~%%&# ^    ^    ^    ^     ^     ^     ^     ^ #&%%~.....
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