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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 = ,£,§,&.@.&
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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    ¨&,§,¤¨&.§
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