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@¨¤&.£,¤.¤       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       @,£¨£¨£.&.
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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, = @¨@,§,#¨#¨
£,¨¤.&¨§,@ *   THUNDER).  YOU  MUST  REPEAT  ALL  : ¤¨¤.@,#.¤¨
§,@@.@,&¨# : PLEASANTRIES EACH TIME AS IF  YOU'VE \ ¤¨§,&¨¤¨¤¨
¤,,#.£.@¨@ \ NEVER BEFORE MET (ALTHOUGH THE SNAKE : #.§,£,&,&.
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§.&@¨&.£,¤    UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT   @¨¤,¤¨§.&.
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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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