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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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¨:=^%§¤#@# =====%% fairies live here. %%===== #@#¤§%^=:¨
¨:=^%§¤#@@ ==%% %%== @@#¤§%^=:¨
¨:=^%§¤#@# ====%%%%%%%%==== #@#¤§%^=:¨
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¨:=^%§¤### 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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