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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. ,-~^%&@###
###@&%^~-, ,-~^%&@###
###@&%^~-, 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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