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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 #@¶#¤*†-..
..-†*¤#¶@# WATER. #@¶#¤*†-..
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..-†*¤#¶@# ----********---- #@¶#¤*†-..
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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 ##@¶¤*†-..
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......-**# 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. #@¶#¤*†-..
...--†¤¤#¶ ¶#¤¤†--...
......-*## 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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