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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^/%&&
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##@&&%/-^¨ -----%% FAIRIES LIVE HERE. %%----- ¨^-/%&&@##
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&&&&&%/-^¨ 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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