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.#¨#.§,¤§.    place (if it is an event). this is    ¨¤,@&¨&§¨#
,¤.¤,§,,¤,       somehow to do with serpents.       .@¨¨@.,#,§
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,&.¤.§.,¤¨ \ have  this particular shape to them, = ¨#,,&¨¨@¨§
,#,£¨&.&§¨ *   makes  them   fit  into  cracks,   \ ¨£,£@¨@¤¨@
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¨@¨#¨#,.£¨  which role they would play, or exactly  ¨&,,#¨,&,£
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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   ,§¨&&,&@,¤
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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, : ,@.£&¨#@¨¤
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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 = .&¨¨#.¨£,#
¨@,¤¨#.££¨ : friend,  follow their lead  if  so). \ .@.@#.#¤.#
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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    .¤,§@,&§,£
¨@,¤,§.,#,       close to a river or lake...?       ,#,¨&.¨#.#
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¨£¨§¨&,,£¨ i've also heard them mentioned together  ,£¨¨£,,#.@
.@,@,¤,@§.   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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