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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 ¨¨¨¨¨=%@@@
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##@@*%==^¨ URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ¨^==%*@@##
##@@*%==^¨ LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ¨^==%*@@##
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###@@%==^¨ 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 ¨^==%*@@##
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#@@*====^¨ DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ¨^====*@@#
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@*%%=^¨¨¨¨ 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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