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&&.&.§,£¨# ;   makes   them   fit  into  cracks,  † ¨§,@¨£§,§¨
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¨@,§,£.@,§  you will want them to guide you if you  ,@.¤¨¨§¨&.
§§¨£.¤¨&,£  can. they are excellent nidra guides,   ¨@¨#.#¤,§,
,#,@.@,#.¤    and many will take you on pro bono    ,¤,&.¨#,§¨
@§¨#.#.#.#   (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, ^ ,§¨£¨@@.£¨
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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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.§¨§,£,§.&  they have something to do with water,   ,&,§¨.#.£.
£#,§¨#¨&.¤  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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