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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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