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&¨&.#.@¨¤.    CONTAINER) OR WHILE THE DREAM TAKES   ¤,§,#.£.¤¨
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&¨£.¤,&,£.       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       ¤,£¨¤¨§¨¤,
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@,¤,£,¤¨#¨ / HAVE THIS  PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, / &.§¨¤,&.@,
£,@.&.§¨#. =  MAKES  THEM   FIT   INTO  CRACKS,   * §.@.£,&,¤¨
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£.#¨¤.&.#. †    HAVE     TO     STAY     PUT.     ; ¤,§.§¨#,£.
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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 : ¤,#.#,¤.¤.
#¨#,@,£,&. ^  FRIEND, FOLLOW  THEIR LEAD IF SO).  † ¤.#.£¨#,@.
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§.§.£,&.£,  SOME CLOSE RELATION TO IT. I'VE YET TO  ¤¨§.#¨#.@.
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¤.&,@.#¨#.    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?  &.¤.§,@,@.
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