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.#¨#¨&¨@., \     HAVE     TO     STAY    PUT.     † @,&¨@.#.¨§
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.&¨£.@¨§.,    ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT   #,£.§.#.,§
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.§.@,@,&¨# / 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 / §,@¨#¨§¨¨§
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,@¨#¨§.@.§   WITH CAVES OR "THE WORLD BENEATH THE   §,¤¨@¨@.#§
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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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