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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~^==#
¶¶$$^,¨¨¨¨ LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ¨¨¨¨,^$$¶¶
##¶#$=^~,¨ SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE ¨,~^=$#¶##
#¶##$=^~,¨ DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK ¨,~^=$##¶#
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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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