.~~;%¤¤¤@# #@¤¤¤%;~~.
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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. ~ ~ ~ @@%~~.....
.~~;%¤@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@¤%;~~.
.~~;%¤@@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@@¤%;~~.
...~~;%¤@# 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 ##@@¤%;~~.
..~~;;%@@@ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@@%;;~~..
...~~~%%@@ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@%%~~~...
.~~;%¤@@@# ~ BY THEN THE ELVES WOULD BE GONE. ~ #@@@¤%;~~.
.~~;%¤@@## ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ##@@¤%;~~.
.~~;%¤@### ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ###@¤%;~~.
.~~;%¤@@## ##@@¤%;~~.
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