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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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