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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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