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#¨#¨§¨¤.&¨       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       @¨.§¨¤,§£.
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£,&.£¨@.£, ; HAVE  THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, * £¨.£.&¨§§,
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£.#,¤.§,@¨ \ PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS † &,£¤,#,,§,
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¤¨#¨&.§,£¨    =WHICH« SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    ¤.¤@,§..#,
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§¨@.£,¤¨&¨  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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#¨&¨#.£.#, * 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 : @,¨@.#,£&.
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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   §.§§,#..#,
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#,§.¤¨&,§,  I'VE ALSO HEARD THEM MENTIONED TOGETHER £¨,&¨@.&§,
&¨#¨@,#,£¨   WITH CAVES OR "THE WORLD BENEATH THE   £¨#&¨£¨,§.
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§,&¨§¨¤.£¨   SNAKES IN REGULAR CAVES. OR - COULD    ¤.&£¨§,.#,
#,§¨&.@,&¨   THIS BE A REFERENCE TO THE DARK LAKE?  @¨,#,@,&§¨
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