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¨##¨¨#¨#¨# 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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