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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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,,^~:%¤£@# 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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