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@.#§¨¨&¨@.       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       @,§..&¨§@.
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¤.§£.¨£.§. ; HAVE  THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, ; §.£.¨&.£&,
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§.¨@¨£#¨@¨ † PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS = ¤¨&.§@.¨@¨
&.@£.,£.§¨ \     HAVE     TO     STAY    PUT.     = §,¤.,£,¤£,
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&¨£§.¨#.@.   ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT    ¤.&.,¤.§@¨
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¤,¤@.¨@,@. / 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  † @¨@¨¨@.#£¨
¤,¨§,&&.#. \ FRIEND,  FOLLOW THEIR  LEAD  IF SO). * &.#.¤@¨.£.
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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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£¨@&.¨#.@. 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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