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.......:=* for  thousands  of years known  only  to *=:.......
......:=*% "witches",  by  which  i  mean   various %*=:......
.....:=*%% cunning swamp dwellers §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ %%*=:.....
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...:=*%%§@ §  lizards,  humanoid  frogs,  girls,  § @§%%*=:...
..:=*%%§@# §  actual witches, and lots of insects § #@§%%*=:..
.:=*%%§@## § and other such gnats §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ ##@§%%*=:.
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....:=*%%§ it  for use  in hunting) or  maybe would §%%*=:....
.....:=*%% just  avoid  it   altogether.  the  dark %%*=:.....
......:=*%  sprawl underneath shallow waters. watch %*=:......
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......:=*% are   they   left   alone   (with   moss %*=:......
.....:=*%% companion)?   or   is  there   something %%*=:.....
....:=*%%§ slithering across it? §§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ §%%*=:....
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...:=*%%§@ § cords, which it will fill with seeds § @§%%*=:...
....:=*%%§ §  and  as  such  destroy  completely  § §%%*=:....
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