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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 ##@@§§\«,.
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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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