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&,¤.£.££¨@       somehow to do with serpents.       §¨&,#¨&¨§,
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£¨@,&.¨@.¤ :   makes  them  fit   into   cracks,  ^ @.&.£¨¤¨¤¨
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&¨§.&¨@§¨#  you will want them to guide you if you  £,¤,¤,#,#.
£,@,§,¨@¨#  can. they are excellent nidra guides,   @.@¨@,£.£¨
¤.&¨&¨@#,@    and many will take you on pro bono    @,@.¤.&,&.
¤¨§,§.,§.¤  (i suspect they find amusement in our   @¨£,§¨¤¨&,
&.&¨@.¤@.@   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, : ¤.§.§,§.£¨
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#¨&.&,&§¨& : 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    #¨§.§,&.&¨
§.#,&,@£,#       close to a river or lake...?       £¨§¨#,@,#,
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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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