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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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,,:~/%$§## THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### SLOANE CAN GROW TALLER, BEING ABLE TO ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## DOWN BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AWAY FROM THE ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ##§$%/~:,,
,:~/%$§### THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ###§$%/~:,
,,:~/%$§## IN TURN DRINKING THE ANIMALS BLOOD. ##§$%/~:,,
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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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