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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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¨.=*%§§@## 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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