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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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@*†=-.,,,, ----††††††††---- ,,,,.-=†*@
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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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