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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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