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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. ¨#¨#¨#¨#¨¨
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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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