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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 @¶¶@@^/«-,
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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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