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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. ,,-~†*@#@#
##@#@*†~-, ,-~†*@#@##
#@#@*†~-,, ~~~~********~~~~ ,,-~†*@#@#
##@#@*†~-, ~~** **~~ ,-~†*@#@##
#@#@*†~-,, ~~~~~** 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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#@#@*†~-,, - - - - - - - - ,,-~†*@#@#
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