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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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###§*§/«~¨ 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 ¨~«/§*§###
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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 ¨~~~//§**#
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§*/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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###§*§/«~¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨~«/§*§###
#*§«««~~¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨~~«««§*#
#§§§«~~~~¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨~~~~«§§§#
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