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&¨#.£¨#¨&¨ /     HAVE     TO     STAY    PUT.     / ,§.@,¨@.&,
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#.@¨§,£,§.  WHICH ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY, OR EXACTLY  ¨£,&¨¨#,#.
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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   ,&.£,.#¨&,
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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?  ,£.&,,#.£,
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