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.~~*==**§# [picture of a deer head, in a garland #§**==*~~.
.~~*=*§### woven of various grasses. ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=*§### the deer has a crown of rowan, and is ###§*=*~~.
..~~~~*=§§ looking at the viewer.] §§=*~~~~..
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.~~*=*§### in the north, the deer is often used as ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=*§### a symbol for the forest's agency, or ###§*=*~~.
.~~~~~=**§ its self-knowledge. watching eyes. §**=~~~~~.
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.~~*=*§### warmer regions instead ascribe it the ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=*§### knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=***§§ obsession (unblinking eyes, always §§***=*~~.
....~==**# awake, scrapie-like behavior). #**==~....
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~~*=*§#### the deer is a cross between a horse and ####§*=*~~
.~~*=*§### a dog. it bears a resemblance to a ###§*=*~~.
....~=**## young salix tree, and has a ##**=~....
.~~*=*§### sweet-smelling nose, like honey. ###§*=*~~.
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.~~*=*§### the horns of a deer is called antlers. ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=*§### they have a complex fractal shape, and ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=*§### are believed to enable the deer to ###§*=*~~.
.~~**§#### "fold" through passages which should be ####§**~~.
.~~**=*§## too narrow for them. antlers from dead ##§*=**~~.
.~~*=*§### deer seem to lose this power. ###§*=*~~.
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.~~*=*§### a deer's heart has two chambers, where ###§*=*~~.
.~~*=*§### 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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.~~*===**§ [picture of a deer head. from the far §**===*~~.
.~~*=*§### side, looking the other way. its ###§*=*~~.
...~~~~~=§ antlers are bloodied.] §=~~~~~...
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