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.^~\$*##@# #@##*$\~^.
.^~\$*##@# #@##*$\~^.
.^~\$*#### people access the island by a bridge. ####*$\~^.
......^~$# it's meant not for small creatures - #$~^......
.^~\*##@## this way over is narrow and crowded, ##@##*\~^.
.^~\$*##@@ and violent. @@##*$\~^.
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.^~\$*#@## as it crosses the narrow, the road is ##@#*$\~^.
.....~\$$# wide, made strong by the concrete. the #$$\~.....
.^~\$*##@# flow is deep and sweet, and heavy. #@##*$\~^.
.^~\$*#### ####*$\~^.
...^\$*##@ pretty soon though the road branches in @##*$\^...
....^^\**# two. sometime after this the same thing #**\^^....
......^\*# happens again. this time, however, we #*\^......
.....~$### get a peculiar relationship between the ###$~.....
...^^\**#@ new roads: a bigger one goes straight @#**\^^...
.^~\$*##@@ ahead, while a smaller one snakes @@##*$\~^.
.^~\$*#### around it like ivy. ####*$\~^.
.^~\$*#### ####*$\~^.
.^~\$*#### this ivy road is home to a great deal ####*$\~^.
.^~\$*##@@ of supple creeks and nooks. the water @@##*$\~^.
....^~$**# flows slower here, people are slower, #**$~^....
.^~\$*#@## creatures come out of their shadows. ##@#*$\~^.
.^^~\\\\*# #*\\\\~^^.
.^~\$*#### a good place for a little specialist ####*$\~^.
.^~\$*#### shop! ####*$\~^.
.^~\$*##@# #@##*$\~^.
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