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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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