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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 $†\»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\† water cannot see it before it draws †\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\ their blood. closer to the pond, the \»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,» sloane can grow taller, being able to »,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, hide also in the juniper. ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ the fairies will beckon the animals to ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ push forward, tell them that they're ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ almost at the water, that they may ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ drink soon. and they will tug on the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ sloane to make sure that the thorns cut ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ deep. when they finally find the path ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ down between the rocks, away from the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ bushwork and into the cleft, they are ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, bleeding from a thousand wounds. as ,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,» they drink from the dark water, it is »,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\ in turn drinking the animals blood. \»,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\† †\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»\†$ 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,»\† ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ †\»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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