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§,§.#¨¤.§.       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       .@.£.#,@§.
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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, / .£¨#,§.£¤.
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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  ,&,&¨@..&.
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#,§.§,£.#,    SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD   .£.@¨£,¨¤.
£,§.¤.&,@,  THIS BE A REFERENCE TO THE DARK LAKE?   ¨¤¨§¨§,@£.
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