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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. #@@§¤§\~~¨
¨~~\§¤§@@# #@@§¤§\~~¨
¨¨¨~\\\\§§ 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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