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@.¤¨.¤,£.§       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       ¨¤¨&.¤#,£¨
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#,#.,§,@¨# \ HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM,  : ¨@,&.@§,&¨
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¤,#¨§§,¤¨§  CAN. THEY ARE EXCELLENT NIDRA GUIDES,   ,@.£,,£,&.
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#¨#,§@¨§,§  (I SUSPECT THEY FIND AMUSEMENT IN OUR   ,&.¤..§¨¤,
§¨¤¨,#¨£¨@    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    .§.&,@@,#.
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¤,£.@&¨§¨&   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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