,,,,-†%%%@ @%%%†-,,,,
,,,,~†%¤¤# #¤¤%†~,,,,
,~-†%%¤@@@ @@@¤%%†-~,
,~---%%%%¤ ¤%%%%---~,
,~-†%%%%¤# #¤%%%%†-~,
,~-†%¤@### #,,,,# ###@¤%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@@@ #,,,# #,,,# @@@¤%%†-~,
,,,,,,~†%¤ #,,,# #,,,# ¤%†~,,,,,,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# {roe} deer #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,,,,,,-†%¤ #,,,# #,,,# ¤%†-,,,,,,
,~-†%%¤### #,,,,# ###¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%¤@### ###@¤%†-~,
,,,,,-††%@ [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.] ¤%%----,,,
,,,,,~†%%¤ ¤%%†~,,,,,
,~-†%%¤### #,,,# ###¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@@@ #,,,# † #,,,# @@@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@@@ in the north, the deer is often used as @@@¤%%†-~,
,,,,,,~†%¤ a symbol for the forest's agency, or ¤%†~,,,,,,
,,,,~††%¤¤ its self-knowledge. watching eyes. ¤¤%††~,,,,
~-†%%¤@### ###@¤%%†-~
,~-†%%¤@## warmer regions instead ascribe it the ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%%¤@# knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or #@¤%%%†-~,
,,,,---%¤# obsession (unblinking eyes, always #¤%---,,,,
,~-†%%¤@## awake, scrapie-like behavior). ##@¤%%†-~,
,,,-††††%¤ ¤%††††-,,,
,~~~†%%%¤@ #,,,# @¤%%%†~~~,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# † #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,,,,,~†%¤¤ #,,,# ¤¤%†~,,,,,
,~-†%%¤@## ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## 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. ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%@### ###@%%†-~,
,,,,,--%%¤ 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. #¤%-~~~,,,
,,,,,-%%%¤ ¤%%%-,,,,,
,~-†%%@### 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. ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# † #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## #,,,# ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-----%%¤ ¤%%-----~,
,~-†%%¤@## [picture of a deer head. from the far ##@¤%%†-~,
,~-†%%¤@## side, looking the other way. its ##@¤%%†-~,
,,~~†%%%%@ antlers are bloodied.] @%%%%†~~,,
,~†%%¤@### ###@¤%%†~,
,~-†%%¤@## ##@¤%%†-~,
,,,,,,-†%¤ ¤%†-,,,,,,
,~-†%%%¤¤¤ ¤¤¤%%%†-~,
,,,,,~†%¤# #¤%†~,,,,,