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,,#£§,,¤,, NAGAS! THE SNAKE PEOPLE. ¨§.¨..@#£,
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¤,,¨##§..¤ YOU WILL WANT THEM TO GUIDE YOU IF YOU ¨¨¨&....#¤
£@¨,@¨¤¤¨. CAN. THEY ARE EXCELLENT NIDRA GUIDES, .¨,.&...§,
@¤§.¨.&§&¨ AND MANY WILL TAKE YOU ON PRO BONO ,.,¨,@,.,.
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,,§@&,.,¤¤ ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT .¨.,¨,¨£,¨
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,,¨#.,¨¨#& : OFTEN A RECURSIVE MATTER. YOU WILL = ¨£¨#¤,....
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£@¨.¨,,,.¨ ^ NEVER BEFORE MET (ALTHOUGH THE SNAKE † ¨,@,@£,¨.£
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££¨¨¨@&¤,¨ SOME CLOSE RELATION TO IT. I'VE YET TO ,¨.£,..¨£.
£&¤,,&,#¤¨ UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT .,¨¨&.¨,.,
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,¨¨¨§,§@,¨ WITH CAVES OR "THE WORLD BENEATH THE ¨¨#¨¨.¨,¨@
¤,,¨¨,#£&. WORLD". COINCIDENCE? YOU FIND REGULAR @¨¨§¨,..¨.
.¤¨.,,@,@& SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD .£..@,,,¨.
.,&,.¨.,#£ THIS BE A REFERENCE TO THE DARK LAKE? ¨.&,,@,¨.,
.,¨§,.,.¤. THE HOLY WATER IN THE CENTER OF YOUR ¨¨.¤,,£...
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