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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. ==»»»»» ¨~»/=%@@@#
@%//~¨¨¨¨¨ »»== ==»» ¨¨¨¨¨~//%@
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@@%==//»~¨ 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. ¨~»/=%@@@#
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##@@%=/»~¨ 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. ¨¨~»//%%@@
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@%==//»¨¨¨ 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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