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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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