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...,=†%**§           §   siren's vine.   §          §**%†=,...
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.,=†%*§@## for thousands  of  years  known  only to ##@§*%†=,.
.,=†%*§@## "witches",   by  which  i  mean  various ##@§*%†=,.
....=††**§ cunning swamp dwellers §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §**††=....
.,=†%%%%§§ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§   amphibian   § §§%%%%†=,.
...,,==%*@ §  lizards,  humanoid  frogs,  girls,  § @*%==,,...
.....=%%*@ § actual witches, and lots of  insects § @*%%=.....
.,=†%*§@## § and other such gnats §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@§*%†=,.
.,=†%*§@@# §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ that did or did #@@§*%†=,.
..,,=%%§@# not use  it (some  would even  cultivate #@§%%=,,..
.....,†*@@ it for  use in hunting)  or maybe  would @@*†,.....
.....=†*@# just  avoid  it   altogether.  the  dark #@*†=.....
...,=†**§# sprawl underneath shallow waters. watch  #§**†=,...
.,,,=††%§§ the gnarly  roots  of  the  cedar trees, §§%††=,,,.
.....,†*@@ are   they   left   alone   (with   moss @@*†,.....
.,=†%*§@## companion)?   or   is   there  something ##@§*%†=,.
.,=†%%%%§§ slithering across it? §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §§%%%%†=,.
.,=†%*§@## §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§   the  plant   § ##@§*%†=,.
.,===††*§@ §  likes  mutilation;  it's agressive; § @§*††===,.
.,=†*§@### § it  moves quickly  toward the mouth, § ###@§*†=,.
.,=†%*§@@@ § throat  and  ultimately,  the  vocal § @@@§*%†=,.
....,=†*@# § cords, which it will fill with seeds § #@*†=,....
,=†%*§@### §  and  as  such  destroy  completely  § ###@§*%†=,
.,=†%*§@@@ §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ @@@§*%†=,.
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