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.~==%$§@## . . . ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## . . . . . . ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@§$%==~.
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.~==%$§@## just off the coast to the baltic sea ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## there's a freshwater pond, secluded ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ##@§$%==~.
......==$§ limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the §$==......
~==%$§@### surrounding plains, a ninety degree ###@§$%==~
.~==%$§@## drop down, down, to the midnight-black ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## water. ##@§$%==~.
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.~==%$§§§@ ====%%%%%%%%==== @§§§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## ==%% %%== ##@§$%==~.
.....~=$§# =====%% fairies live here. %%===== #§$=~.....
.~=%$§@### ==%% %%== ###@§$%=~.
.~==%$§@## ====%%%%%%%%==== ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$$§§# they speak to the sloane, caress it, #§§$$%==~.
.~==%$$§@@ urge it to grow thicker, tangled, with @@§$$%==~.
.~==%$§@## longer and sharper thorns. they tell it ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§§@@ to stay just below the grass, so that @@§§$%==~.
....~==$§# the animals what come to drink the #§$==~....
.~==%$§@## water cannot see it before it draws ##@§$%==~.
...~===$§§ their blood. closer to the pond, the §§$===~...
......==%§ 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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.~==%$§@## = = = = = = = = = = = ##@§$%==~.
.~==%$§@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@§$%==~.
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.~==%$§@## . . . ##@§$%==~.
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