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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, ,,-=†=%#@#
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#@#%=†=-,, 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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