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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~»
;»~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~»;
$;»~¨¨¨¨¨¨ the circle is complete, the contract ¨¨¨¨¨¨~»;$
$$;»~¨¨¨¨¨ carried out; the animal is abandoned to ¨¨¨¨¨~»;$$
@$$;»~¨¨¨¨ find its own way back. the bushes roots ¨¨¨¨~»;$$@
#@$$;»~¨¨¨ drink the nutrutious water. the fairies ¨¨¨~»;$$@#
##@$$;»~¨¨ dance in the sunbeams. ¨¨~»;$$@##
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