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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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##*-¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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