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&¤**~..... [picture of a deer head, in a garland .....~**¤&
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###&¤**~~. the deer has a crown of rowan, and is .~~**¤&###
####¤**~~. looking at the viewer.] .~~**¤####
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####&¤*~~. in the north, the deer is often used as .~~*¤&####
&**~~..... a symbol for the forest's agency, or .....~~**&
###&¤**~~. its self-knowledge. watching eyes. .~~**¤&###
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###&¤**~~. knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or .~~**¤&###
##&¤¤**~~. obsession (unblinking eyes, always .~~**¤¤&##
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###&¤**~~. 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. .~~**¤&&&#
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###&¤**~~. 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. ....~~~*&#
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###&¤**~~. 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. .~~**¤&###
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&¤¤*~..... side, looking the other way. its .....~*¤¤&
&¤***~.... antlers are bloodied.] ....~***¤&
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