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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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#,&,@¨&.&.    »WHICH= SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    .@@¨#¨§,@,
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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, : .,§,@¨§.£¨
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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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§¨¤.¤.§.@¨    UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT   ,,§.¤.§¨£,
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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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