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¨.##@,,..£ / HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, / ,,£,¨#,¤&,
,¨¤¨&&,,., ^ MAKES THEM FIT INTO CRACKS, ; .,,#¨¨¨@&£
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¨,,.£¨.¤.# WHICH ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY, OR EXACTLY ,#.,...¤&§
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&£¨..¨¤¨,& NAGAS! THE SNAKE PEOPLE. &.¨#¨,,,.&
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,¤,##,,..& 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 ¨¨.#.##¨.@
§¨..,¤,@#¨ EASY TO BE.) THE PROBLEM IS FINDING ONE. ..,¨.&#&¨,
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&.¨£.¨¨¨¨¤ ; DON'T FRET IF YOUR MEETING DOES NOT : ¤¨,¨.,,§¨£
§#..#¨¨,,§ : GO WELL - TALKING TO A SNAKE IS = @#.,,¨,,¨@
¨§£¨,¤,..¨ : OFTEN A RECURSIVE MATTER. YOU WILL * .§&.,...¨§
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.@,§¤,,@¨. ^ ONCE PER STAGE, THE SNAKE TAKING ^ .£¨¤£,.¨¨,
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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 : ,,¨¨&,¨&,§
@¤.¨¨¨¨¨,@ / 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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¤¨.¨¨&¨.¨& 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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