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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. - - - #@@*//:,,,
,:-/*@@@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@@@*/-:,
,,,,-/*@@@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @@@*/-,,,,
,:-/*@@@## 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. - - - - ##@@@*/-:,
,:-/*@@@@# - - - - BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, #@@@@*/-:,
,,,,-/*@@# THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES #@@*/-,,,,
,:-/*@@@@@ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY @@@@@*/-:,
,,,:://@@@ WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY @@@//::,,,
,,:::/***@ AT OUR KNEES. - - - - - - - - - - - - @***/:::,,
,,,,:/*@@@ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - @@@*/:,,,,
,:-/*@@@## - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ##@@@*/-:,
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,:-/*@@@## - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ##@@@*/-:,
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