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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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