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#$\-...... among ashen and juniper. a cleft in the ......-\$#
§$****\-.. limestone bedrock, sharp-cut from the ..-\****$§
##§§$*\-.. surrounding plains, a ninety degree ..-\*$§§##
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@@#§$*\-.. 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 ....--*§§@
@#$$$*\-.. deep. when they finally find the path ..-\*$$$#@
@#§$$*\-.. down between the rocks, away from the ..-\*$$§#@
§$\\--.... bushwork and into the cleft, they are ....--\\$§
#@#§$*\-.. bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ..-\*$§#@#
#@#§$*\-.. they drink from the dark water, it is ..-\*$§#@#
@@#§$*\-.. in turn drinking the animals blood. ..-\*$§#@@
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#@#§$*\-.. the circle is complete, the contract ..-\*$§#@#
#@#§$*\-.. carried out; the animal is abandoned to ..-\*$§#@#
@§§***\-.. find its own way back. the bushes roots ..-\***§§@
@#§$$*\-.. drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ..-\*$$§#@
@@#§$*\-.. dance in the sunbeams. ..-\*$§#@@
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