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¨@§.@.¤,@, CONTAINER) OR WHILE THE DREAM TAKES §,&.£¨¤£,@
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,@@.&¨¤,@¨ / HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, * #¨#.#.#£,&
,¨¤¨@.£,&, ; MAKES THEM FIT INTO CRACKS, \ @¨&.£,.@,§
,¨&,#¨¤. = INTO SEAMS. ^ £¨£,&,#§¨¤
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.,@.¤.&.@¨ «WHICH~ SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE @.#,£¨¨#.@
.#@¨¤.¤.&, NAGAS! THE SNAKE PEOPLE. @,&¨¤¨#&,¤
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.,§.¤.§,@, CAN. THEY ARE EXCELLENT NIDRA GUIDES, #.£¨#..@¨&
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¨.@.£¨@.£, (I SUSPECT THEY FIND AMUSEMENT IN OUR @,&,@¨,#,@
¨&§.£,¤.£¨ ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT @¨&,¤,§@,#
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¨¨£.@.#.§. : GO WELL - TALKING TO A SNAKE IS † §¨@.#,¨£,¤
,§¤¨£.@.£. † OFTEN A RECURSIVE MATTER. YOU WILL ; &¨§,¤,@£¨¤
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.#¤,#.#¨£. ^ ONCE PER STAGE, THE SNAKE TAKING ^ @.#,¤¨#@¨&
.¨#¨#.&.£¨ \ VARIOUS FORMS IN SUCCESSION (STREAM, ^ #¨&¨#¨¨@¨@
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.&&¨@,#¨§, ; PLEASANTRIES EACH TIME AS IF YOU'VE ^ £¨¤¨¤,£#¨&
.,¤.§¨#.&. / NEVER BEFORE MET (ALTHOUGH THE SNAKE * §,&¨¤.,¤¨£
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.¤#,@.¤¨&. UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT #¨§,@.§&,£
,.§¨£.£.&, HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF FINDING ONE &¨@,&,.@.#
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,.§,#¨§¨§¨ WITH CAVES OR "THE WORLD BENEATH THE £¨¤¨&..§.§
¨£§,&¨¤.@¨ WORLD". COINCIDENCE? YOU FIND REGULAR #.@.@.#¤¨§
¨¨§¨#,#,£¨ SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD &¨#,¤,.@.&
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