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#,£.#,£.§&    place (if it is an event). this is    ,§.#¨£¨#¨,
£¨£¨¤.@¨¨&       somehow to do with serpents.       .@¨&.@,£¨£
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#¨#.£.#.#¤ † i knew there  would be snakes, they  ; ¨§¨§¨§¨#,¨
&,&.#,¤¨¨¤ = have  this particular shape to them, / ¨@,@,§.¤,¤
¤¨¤,#¨&¨§& =   makes   them  fit   into  cracks,  † ,&.#¨@.@¨¨
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§¨&.§.#,,# *     have    to     stay     put.     * ,#,£,¤.§,@
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§.¤.&.#¨£#   eitherway. i did not fully understand  ,@.#.&¨¤,¨
£.¤¨£.&¨¨&  which role they would play, or exactly  ,£,£.&,&¨@
@,@¨¤,£.#§    «which~ snakes they would be - the    ,&¨£¨@.¤,¨
@.¤.§.&¨¨@         nagas! the snake people.         ,@,&¨@¨£¨¤
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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    ¨£¨&¨&¨¤¨@
#,@¨#.#,&# easy to be.) the problem is finding one. .§¨&.£¨@¨,
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§,#¨£¨@,¨& = don't fret if your meeting does  not : .#.¤¨@,§.&
£.#.£.@,££ ^ 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 ^ ¨@.¤.#,&.¤
#.§.£,£.£# ^ friend,  follow their lead  if so).  = ,§.#.¤.&,,
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£¨£,#¨§..#  they have something to do with water,   ,§,&¨@.¤.@
@¨@.&,&.@@  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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&¨&¨¤,#.&§   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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