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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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