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,&¨§@.¨.,, ~WHICH» SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE ,.¨.&&¤¨¨.
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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 ^ £¤§.¨.¨,#¨
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£.§&¨,.¨&, / ONCE PER STAGE, THE SNAKE TAKING ; .,¤¤¤.,¨.¨
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....¤&&,¨. \ THUNDER). YOU MUST REPEAT ALL * ¨¨¨¨§,@£.,
¨,¨.§,§@¨, : PLEASANTRIES EACH TIME AS IF YOU'VE = @¨,.¨.§§#¨
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£¨.¨,,§.&@ * 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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..¨#.,¨¨£¨ 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? .,,,,@,£¤.
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