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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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