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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. ^^~~~~~ ##@&¤^\~.,
,,,,,,~~^& ~~^^ ^^~~ &^~~,,,,,,
,.~\^¤&&@@ ~~~~^^^^^^^^~~~~ @@&&¤^\~.,
,.~\^¤&@@@ @@@&¤^\~.,
,,,,..\^¤@ 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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