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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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