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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
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/=:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:=/
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@=/=:¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨:=/=@
#@=/=:¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# {ROE} DEER #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨:=/=@#
##@=/=:¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨:=/=@##
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###@=/=:¨¨ ¨¨:=/=@###
##@=/=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=/=@##
#@=/=:¨¨¨¨ [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.] ¨¨:=/=@###
####@=/=:¨ ¨:=/=@####
###@=/=:¨¨ ¨¨:=/=@###
##@=/=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=/=@##
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