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&,¤¨&,¤,@, = HAVE  THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, / .@,§.@..#¨
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#,#,#¨@.§¨  CAN. THEY ARE EXCELLENT NIDRA GUIDES,   ,#.#¨¤¨¤§,
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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,  † ¨£,§.¤.¨¤¨
¤.&,#¨¤.£. :  THUNDER).  YOU  MUST  REPEAT   ALL  \ ¨¤¨¤,&,#¤¨
#,¤.¤¨#.§. \  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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#,#.@,#,#¨   UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT    ¨@,@.#,.¤¨
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¤.£.&¨£.§¨ I'VE ALSO HEARD THEM MENTIONED TOGETHER  .@¨#¨#,,@.
#,@.¤,@,§¨   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?  ,#,&,@.,§,
#¨¤.@,&,#,   THE HOLY WATER IN THE CENTER OF YOUR   .§¨#,@¨£§¨
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