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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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¨:=\=%%¤¤¤ 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 #@@¤%=\=:¨
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¨:=\=%¤@## 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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