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..,~†^@£@# 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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..,~†^@£@# 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 #@£@^†~,..
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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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