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.¨@¨&,£,@¨ : HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO  THEM, \ .£¨#,§.#,&
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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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..§.@¨¤¨§¨  WORLD". COINCIDENCE? YOU FIND REGULAR   ,#¨#¨¤.¤¨§
.##.@,§¨§.   SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD    ¨&,¤,#,§,§
.,&,¤,£.&.  THIS BE A REFERENCE TO THE DARK LAKE?   ¨§,#,#¨&¨§
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