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$;-,...... - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - ......,-;$
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;-,....... 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. - - - - - - - - - - - - ..........
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-,........ - BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. - ........,-
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