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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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