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,.~==%@### #,,,# {ROE} DEER #,,,# ###@%==~.,
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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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,.~==%@### ###@%==~.,
,.~==%@### IN THE NORTH, THE DEER IS OFTEN USED AS ###@%==~.,
,.~==%@### A SYMBOL FOR THE FOREST'S AGENCY, OR ###@%==~.,
,,,.===%%@ ITS SELF-KNOWLEDGE. WATCHING EYES. @%%===.,,,
,.~==%%%@@ @@%%%==~.,
,,,,,~===@ WARMER REGIONS INSTEAD ASCRIBE IT THE @===~,,,,,
,,,,,,~==@ 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. ##%====~.,
,.~==%@### ###@%==~.,
,.~==%@### 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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,.==%@#### #,,,# = #,,,# ####@%==.,
,.~==@#### #,,,# ####@==~.,
,.~====%%# #%%====~.,
,,,,,.==%# [PICTURE OF A DEER HEAD. FROM THE FAR #%==.,,,,,
,,,,,,.=%# SIDE, LOOKING THE OTHER WAY. ITS #%=.,,,,,,
,,,,,,~=%@ ANTLERS ARE BLOODIED.] @%=~,,,,,,
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