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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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