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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   .#.#¨@,&,@
¨#.§.§,§£¨   WORLD". COINCIDENCE? YOU FIND REGULAR  ¨#.£¨¤,¤,&
,&,¤¨¤¨¨#¨   SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD    .#¨#.£¨§,@
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