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........@. = = = = ELVES LIVE IN THE LAND = = = = .......@@@
@........@ = = = = BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. = = = = .......@.@
@@........ = IT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES. = @........@
.@@....... = = = THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. = = = @@.......@
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...@@@.... THEY WERE VERY MANIPULATIVE, AND WE ..@@@.....
...@.@@... CAME TO TRUST THEM. = = = = = = = = US ..@.@@....
.....@@@.. KIDS WOULD PLAY DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ....@@@...
.....@.@@. THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. = = = = = = @...@.@@..
.......@@@ = = SOMETIMES THE SLUICE WOULD CLOSE @@....@@@.
.......@.@ ENTIRELY, AND THE RIVER AT THE DAMS .@@...@.@@
@........@ FOOT WOULD DRY UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY .@@@....@@
@@.......@ WATER GARDEN THAT HAD BEEN HIDDEN .@.@@...@.
@@@....... BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. = = = = ...@@@....
@.@@...... = = = = BEFORE THE DAM OPENED AGAIN, @..@.@@...
..@@@..... THERE WOULD BE A SIGNAL, BUT THE ELVES .@...@@@..
..@.@@.... WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ..@..@.@@.
....@@@... WE WOULD FIND THE WATER RISING, ALREADY @..@...@@@
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