.~~/**#### ####**/~~.
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...~~~/*## ##*/~~~...
.~~/**#### #....# ####**/~~.
.~~~~****# #...# #...# #****~~~~.
~~/**##### #...# #...# #####**/~~
.~~/**#### #...# {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.] ##*~~.....
..~~~/*### ###*/~~~..
..~~/***## ##***/~~..
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.~~~~~/**# #**/~~~~~.
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