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@¨,&¨#..£,   ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT    ¨§£..£¨£§.
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&¨&@¨§,§#. =  GO WELL  -  TALKING  TO A  SNAKE IS / ¨.&.§¤.¨&.
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§¨&§¨@.¤£. : MEET MANY TIMES AS YOU FALL  DEEPER, \ ¨¨£¨¤&,¨§.
#,¨&¨@.,¤, / ONCE  PER  STAGE, THE  SNAKE  TAKING \ ¨¤¤¨,§,§§.
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&¨¨#¨§,¨£. :  SNAKE, HALF-SNAKE, QUEEN,  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    ¨@£¨.§.&¤,
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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?  ,§&¨.¤.£§,
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