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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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