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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, \ §,§,¤.@.§.
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&.@¨¤,#¨@¨ \ PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS : £.&,&,#¨¤.
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£,#,¤,#,&¨  WHICH ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY, OR EXACTLY  @.&¨#,§,@¨
§¨¤,§.¤,@¨    -WHICH» SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    #,£.£,£¨¤¨
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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 * ¤.¤,¤¨¤,§¨
¤,#.#.§.#¨ † MAY CHOOSE TO  ADDRESS YOU AS AN OLD ; &.#.£¨£,@.
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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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@,#.@,&,#,   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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