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.~~=§%## [picture of a deer head, in a garland ###&%§=~~.
.~~=§%## woven of various grasses. ###&%§=~~.
....~=%& 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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...~~~§% warmer regions instead ascribe it the #&%§~~~...
.~~=§%## knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ###&%§=~~.
......~§ obsession (unblinking eyes, always #&§~......
..~~==§%## awake, scrapie-like behavior). ##%§==~~..
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.~~=§%## 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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