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,¨#¨¤§,,£¨    INSIDE THE DREAM (IF THE DREAM IS A   @.,,,,¨¤@§
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,¤#.¨.£@£,       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       .,,¤,.,,,£
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..¨¤.@¤,¨, ^ HAVE  THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, / &,,.¨.¨£¨.
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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,  ; .,#,....¨§
§,,¨.,.&¨£ ;  THUNDER).  YOU  MUST  REPEAT  ALL   : #¨.£,¨,,¨.
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.¨£.,.,,¨#    UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT   ¤¨.&,,,¨.@
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.,..§,.£,¨   WITH CAVES OR "THE WORLD BENEATH THE   ¨,§,&@,.@¨
¨.,,.@¨,#.  WORLD". COINCIDENCE? YOU FIND REGULAR   §¨.,§§&..#
#¨¨,..§,.§    SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD   £&¨,§.@§,.
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