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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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##%=†=:,,, ======= 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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