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§,@,&¨¨¤¨£    ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT   ,§¨.§.§,#¨
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£.£,&.§@,@ /  GO WELL - TALKING  TO  A  SNAKE  IS * ¨@¨§¤¨@.@,
¤¨¤,¤¨¨&.§ ; OFTEN  A RECURSIVE  MATTER. YOU WILL ^ .@..¤.&¨@¨
@¨&¨£,£&.@ † MEET MANY TIMES  AS YOU FALL DEEPER, * ¨£¨&#.¤,§¨
@,&¨@.¨§.¤ †  ONCE PER STAGE,  THE  SNAKE TAKING  \ .#..#.@¨¤.
¤¨#,@,#§,¤ * VARIOUS FORMS IN SUCCESSION (STREAM, † .&¨@@¨§¨£,
@,@¨£,.§.# * SNAKE,  HALF-SNAKE, QUEEN,  STREAM,  ; .&.,&.¤,&¨
£.£.£¨@§.@ ^   THUNDER).  YOU  MUST  REPEAT  ALL  ; ,&,¤£¨@.#,
#.¤,&..#,¤ ; PLEASANTRIES EACH TIME AS IF  YOU'VE ^ .¤,,&.£¨#¨
&,&,@¨&¤¨# ^ NEVER BEFORE MET (ALTHOUGH THE SNAKE : ,§¨§§¨&.§¨
¤.#¨@..¤,¤ ; MAY CHOOSE TO  ADDRESS YOU AS AN OLD ; ,¤,¨#,#¨§¨
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&¨£¨£..§,£    UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT   ,¤¨¨§¨#,¤,
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£,#,&¨@¤.§   WITH CAVES OR "THE WORLD BENEATH THE   .@.£&,£¨&,
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&,§.&¨£#,@   SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD    ¨@.&§,#.#¨
@.@,@¨,§,¤   THIS BE A REFERENCE TO THE DARK LAKE?  ,@.¨¤.£¨#.
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