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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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¶@&$†»,¨¨¨ the fairies will beckon the animals to ¨¨¨,»†$&@¶
@&$†»,¨¨¨¨ push forward, tell them that they're ¨¨¨¨,»†$&@
&$†»,¨¨¨¨¨ almost at the water, that they may ¨¨¨¨¨,»†$&
$†»,¨¨¨¨¨¨ drink soon. and they will tug on the ¨¨¨¨¨¨,»†$
&$†»,¨¨¨¨¨ sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ¨¨¨¨¨,»†$&
@&$†»,¨¨¨¨ deep. when they finally find the path ¨¨¨¨,»†$&@
¶@&$†»,¨¨¨ down between the rocks, away from the ¨¨¨,»†$&@¶
@¶@&$†»,¨¨ bushwork and into the cleft, they are ¨¨,»†$&@¶@
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@¶@&$†»,¨¨ they drink from the dark water, it is ¨¨,»†$&@¶@
¶@&$†»,¨¨¨ in turn drinking the animals blood. ¨¨¨,»†$&@¶
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&$†»,¨¨¨¨¨ the circle is complete, the contract ¨¨¨¨¨,»†$&
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&$†»,¨¨¨¨¨ find its own way back. the bushes roots ¨¨¨¨¨,»†$&
@&$†»,¨¨¨¨ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ¨¨¨¨,»†$&@
¶@&$†»,¨¨¨ dance in the sunbeams. ¨¨¨,»†$&@¶
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