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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~~~§§ fairies live here. §§~~~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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