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£§,¤#,¨#.£       somehow to do with serpents.       ¤,&,¤¨&¨&,
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&@.&&¨.&¨@  which role they would play, or exactly  &,#¨§¨¤,@¨
,@¨,@.#§.#    =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 ; §,&,¤¨#,£.
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¨#..#¨@@.# ; never before met (although the snake = ¤¨£¨¤.#,¤.
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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    £.#¨¤,£,@,
&£,&§¨,&.&       close to a river or lake...?       #,&¨§¨@,&,
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&&¨&@¨,@,# i've also heard them mentioned together  §,§¨£.£.¤,
,¤.¨£.&&.#   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?  §¨£¨¤.#,&,
.#,.&¨#&.£   the holy water in the center of your   #,#,£¨£¨&,
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