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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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##¶@%†=«,¨ URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ¨,«=†%@¶##
#@@†††=«,¨ LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ¨,«=†††@@#
##¶@%†=«,¨ TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ¨,«=†%@¶##
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##¶@%†=«,¨ WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ¨,«=†%@¶##
¶@@††=,¨¨¨ THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ¨¨¨,=††@@¶
¶@†=««¨¨¨¨ SLOANE CAN GROW TALLER, BEING ABLE TO ¨¨¨¨««=†@¶
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##¶@%†=«,¨ SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ¨,«=†%@¶##
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¶@@%=,¨¨¨¨ BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ¨¨¨¨,=%@@¶
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#¶%=,,,¨¨¨ DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES ¨¨¨,,,=%¶#
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