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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. = = = ......-=/%
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@§@%/=-... THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ...-=/%@§@
@@§@%/=-.. CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = = = = = US ..-=/%@§@@
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@@§@%/=-.. 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. = = = = = = = = = = = = ..........
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=-........ = BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. = ........-=
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