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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. .-=:%@@###
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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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