:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:
=:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:=
¤=:~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~~:=¤@#
##@¤=:~~¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨~~:=¤@##
###@¤=:~~¨ #¨¨¨# {roe} deer #¨¨¨# ¨~~:=¤@###
##@¤=:~~¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨~~:=¤@##
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~~:=¤@#
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@
¤=:~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
=:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:=
:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ [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.] ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:=
¤=:~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~~:=¤@#
##@¤=:~~¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨~~:=¤@##
###@¤=:~~¨ ¨~~:=¤@###
##@¤=:~~¨¨ 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). ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:
=:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:=
¤=:~~¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨~~:=¤@#
##@¤=:~~¨¨ ¨¨~~:=¤@##
###@¤=:~~¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
=:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:=
:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:
~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# : #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~
:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ #¨¨¨# ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:
=:~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~:=
¤=:~~¨¨¨¨¨ [picture of a deer head. from the far ¨¨¨¨¨~~:=¤
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ side, looking the other way. its ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ antlers are bloodied.] ¨¨¨~~:=¤@#
##@¤=:~~¨¨ ¨¨~~:=¤@##
###@¤=:~~¨ ¨~~:=¤@###
##@¤=:~~¨¨ ¨¨~~:=¤@##
#@¤=:~~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~~:=¤@#
@¤=:~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~:=¤@