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..##..##.. AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE ...##..#..
#......... LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE ##.......#
..######## SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE ...#####..
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...####..# URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ##..##....
##..##.... LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT #......###
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..####.... THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE #..##....#
...##..### WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS ......##..
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.....##### DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE ....#####.
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.##....### DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH ......#...
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.##......# 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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...####... CARRIED OUT; THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED TO ##....###.
##..##..## FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS #..##..#..
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