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I look at you you look at me I raise my right you raise your left.
A large oasis in the desert. Come with cash and leave with none.
I do not contain flesh feather or scales; yet I have fingers and thumbs.
I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole.
After you go through a fall, I will take over. All life will stall, or at least grow slower. What am I?
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.