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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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