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#@#¤$%;~:. in the north, the deer is often used as .:~;%$¤#@#
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@#$$$%;~:. its self-knowledge. watching eyes. .:~;%$$$#@
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@¤%;:..... deer seem to lose this power. .....:;%¤@
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##@#¤$;~:. it stores all the secrets it might see .:~;$¤#@##
#$$%;;::.. during the course of it's life. with ..::;;%$$#
#@#¤$%;~:. age the secrets will harden into a .:~;%$¤#@#
@¤$;;:.... caramellized structure, which will ....:;;$¤@
#@#¤$%;~:. eventually block the flow of blood, and .:~;%$¤#@#
##@#$%;~:. kill the deer. .:~;%$#@##
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