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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,  = ¨¤.§.¤.,¤.
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§@.¤,§§,£. = PLEASANTRIES  EACH TIME AS IF YOU'VE : ,#¨£,#¨,&,
¨@,&,.§¨£, * NEVER BEFORE MET (ALTHOUGH THE SNAKE \ .§¨¤.&.@#,
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@§,&.£@.#.   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   ¨§¨#.&,#£¨
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,#.@¨,£.§.    SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD   ,£.¤.§.@¤,
&#¨@.#§,§.  THIS BE A REFERENCE TO THE DARK LAKE?   ,§.@¨¤.,¤,
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