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@@@@@...@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ....@.@...
....@..@.@ ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...@@@@..@
...@@.@@@@ ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ..@...@.@@
..@.@@...@ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ .@@..@@@.@
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@.@..@@... THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ....@@@.@.
@@@.@.@..@ CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ...@..@@@@
..@@@@@.@@ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ..@@.@....
.@....@@.. THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .@.@@@....
@@...@.@.@ ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE @@@..@....
.@..@@@@@. ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS ..@.@@...@
@@.@....@. FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY .@@@.@..@@
.@@@...@@. WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN @..@@@.@..
@..@..@.@@ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~ ~ @.@..@@@..
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@@.@@..@@. THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES ..@@@.@@@.
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@.@@@@@@@. WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY @@.@.@.@.@
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@@....@.@. ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ @......@.@
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