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&¨@.¤¨.&¨¤    place (if it is an event). this is    ,#§,#¨¤¨@¨
&.§¨#,#§.£       somehow to do with serpents.       .¨#,&,£,@.
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@¨£,§¨#@.§ ;  have this particular shape to them, † .¨£,#.£¨&.
@¨@¨&¨¨@,¤ ;   makes   them  fit  into  cracks,   * ,¤&.§.@.§¨
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&.&.#..£.§    =which= snakes they would be - the    ,##¨¤.#.¤,
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@,&,@¨@£¨&  you will want them to guide you if you  ¨,£¨#,§¨@,
§,¤,£,,£¨#   can. they are excellent nidra guides,  ¨£§¨@.£.£¨
§¨@.£.&£,#    and many will take you on pro bono    ,¨&,@¨£¨&¨
#,@.&¨.#,¤   (i suspect they find amusement in our  ¨&&,@.@¨&¨
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&,¤,¤.¨&.@ easy to be.) the problem is finding one. ,@¤,§,§.@¨
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#¨§.£,¤&.¤ ; don't  fret if your meeting does not ; .,&,#¨&.¤,
&,¤¨#,,¤¨¤ ;  go well -  talking  to a snake  is  : .#£¨@¨@,¤¨
@,&.§.@@.# : often a recursive  matter. you  will : ¨¨#,@,@.#.
@,§.£¨,§.¤ \ meet many  times as you fall deeper, ; .#¤¨#,&¨&.
@,@,£,¤§¨@ ; once  per  stage,  the  snake taking ; .,#.@¨#.&¨
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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 : ..§.§.£.£,
#¨@.§¨.¤¨@ :  friend, follow their  lead if  so). † ,#@.§¨@¨§.
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@¨@¨#.¨§,@  some close relation to it. i've yet to  ,&&.¤¨¤,£,
&,§,£¨&#,&   uncover what this is. but you might    ¨¨#.&.§¨§.
¤,#.@¨.&,£    have a higher chance of finding one   .&£.&¨&¨£.
#,§¨§,@¤,¤       close to a river or lake...?       .,§¨¤,&¨&.
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§,@.£¨,&,§   with caves or "the world beneath the   ,§£,@.§¨§¨
#.#¨£,@¤¨@   world". coincidence? you find regular  ¨.@.¤.@,¤.
@,&¨£¨,&.£    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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