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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 = #.@,#.§.§,
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¤¨£.@¨£,#¨    ~WHICH= SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    @.@¨¤¨@,£,
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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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£,#.£,#,#¨  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    #,£,£.£.#.
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