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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. ,,~\=@&@@@
@@@&@=\~,, ,,~\=@&@@@
@@&@\,,,,, 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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