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#@@¤§%/«~¨ just off the coast to the baltic sea ¨~«/%§¤@@#
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@¤§%/«~¨¨¨ 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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@¤§%/«~¨¨¨ «««««%% fairies live here. %%««««« ¨¨¨~«/%§¤@
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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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