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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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.#.#.#.#.# ======================================== #.#.#.#..#
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