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,,,,,:~†¤£ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ £¤†~:,,,,,
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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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,,::~~~^†¤ ~~~~††††††††~~~~ ¤†^~~~::,,
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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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