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.£¨,@¨¤§., = HAVE  THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, : .,¨¨¨¨£&¤.
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¤¨#£¨,§,¨¨ ; PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS / ,§.§#,,...
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,§§,¨,..@¨    »WHICH» SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    §,¨,¨.¨,,#
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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,  * .¤¤,¨.¨,¤.
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&¨.@,¤§,,¤ = 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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@&¨¨¨.,@¨¨  SOME CLOSE RELATION TO IT. I'VE YET TO  .¨£.,¨.,¨#
.&@¨,,,¨£,    UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT   ,¨¨£¨¨...#
,§¤@....¨@   HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF FINDING ONE    ¨,¨,#.¨¨.¨
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¨,.,.@.#§,   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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