,,,,~\\\$¤ ¤$\\\~,,,,
,,~\§$¤#@# #@#¤$§\~,,
,,,,,,~§§¤ ¤§§~,,,,,,
,,~\§$$$¤¤ ¤¤$$$§\~,,
,,,,,,\$$# #$$\,,,,,,
,,~\§$¤@## , , , ##@¤$§\~,,
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,,,,,\\$$# , , , , , , , , #$$\\,,,,,
,,~\§$¤@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@¤$§\~,,
,,~\§$¤##@ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ @##¤$§\~,,
,,~\§$¤#@# #@#¤$§\~,,
,,~\§$¤#@# just off the coast to the baltic sea #@#¤$§\~,,
,,~\§$¤#@# there's a freshwater pond, secluded #@#¤$§\~,,
,,,,~\§§¤@ among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the @¤§§\~,,,,
,,,,,~~§$¤ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ¤$§~~,,,,,
,,,,,\\$## surrounding plains, a ninety degree ##$\\,,,,,
,,~\§$¤##@ drop down, down, to the midnight-black @##¤$§\~,,
,,,,\\$¤#@ water. @#¤$\\,,,,
,,~\§$¤#@# #@#¤$§\~,,
,,~\§$¤#@@ ~~~~§§§§§§§§~~~~ @@#¤$§\~,,
,,~\§¤#@## ~~§§ §§~~ ##@#¤§\~,,
,,~\§$¤#@@ ~~~~~§§ fairies live here. §§~~~~~ @@#¤$§\~,,
,,,,~§$¤¤# ~~§§ §§~~ #¤¤$§~,,,,
,,~\§$$$$# ~~~~§§§§§§§§~~~~ #$$$$§\~,,
,,,~~\\$¤# #¤$\\~~,,,
,,~\§§§§¤@ they speak to the sloane, caress it, @¤§§§§\~,,
,,,,,\$¤¤# urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with #¤¤$\,,,,,
,,,,,,\$¤# 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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