.,~;^$¤#@# #@#¤$^;~,.
..,~;^$¤#@ @#¤$^;~,..
...,~;^$¤# #¤$^;~,...
....,~;^$¤ ¤$^;~,....
.....,~;^$ $^;~,.....
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........,~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND ~ ~ ~ ~ ~,........
........., ~ ~ ~ ~ BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ,.........
.......... ~ IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. ~ ..........
.......... ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ ..........
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.......... THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ..........
........., CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ US ,.........
........,~ KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ~,........
.......,~; THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ;~,.......
......,~;^ ~ ~ SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE ^;~,......
.....,~;^$ 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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