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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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