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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 #&&%=~....
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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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.~~=§%&### knife (teeth, rumors of violence), or ###&%§=~~.
......~§&# obsession (unblinking eyes, always #&§~......
..~~==§%## awake, scrapie-like behavior). ##%§==~~..
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....~~§%%# the deer is a cross between a horse and #%%§~~....
.~~=§%&### 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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