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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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