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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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,:-=%@¤£££ £££¤@%=-:,
,,,:-=%@¤¤ 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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