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-^........ - - - - BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. - - - - ........^-
^......... - IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. - .........^
.......... - - - THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. - - - ..........
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;-^....... 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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