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£,#¨¤¨#¨@.       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       ,@.@£¨&,¤¨
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£.¤¨§¨#,&¨ / HAVE THIS PARTICULAR  SHAPE TO THEM, ^ ,#¨¤£,§,&¨
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@.¤.#,¤.§, \ PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS / ¨£..#,¤.@¨
&.@¨@,@.@, \    HAVE     TO     STAY     PUT.     ; ,§¨¤£,@,§,
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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,   .¤.,#¨¤,#¨
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&.@.¤¨@,§¨  (I SUSPECT THEY FIND AMUSEMENT IN OUR   ¨§.,§.§¨#,
@¨@,@¨£.£¨    ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT   .@¨§&.£,#.
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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 † .&¨¤¤¨&,#,
¤.&¨@.@¨£¨ = 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 : ¨@,.§.¤,¤.
#,&.@.#¨¤¨ / 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    ,¤,.¤¨@¨@.
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&,@¨&,#,@. I'VE ALSO HEARD THEM MENTIONED TOGETHER  .@¨§§.@,@.
#¨&¨§,@¨#.   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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