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##....##.. ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. ..##..####
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###....### 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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