PAGE    ON   SNAKE    HANDLING.    
             
                                          
    THE GOAL IS ANYWAY TO BECOME LUCID    
    INSIDE THE DREAM (IF THE DREAM IS A   
   CONTAINER) OR WHILE THE DREAM TAKES    
    PLACE (IF IT IS AN EVENT). THIS IS    
       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       
                                          
             
  I KNEW THERE WOULD BE SNAKES,  THEY   
   HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM,  
    MAKES   THEM  FIT   INTO  CRACKS,   
          INTO          SEAMS.          
                             
  (SINCE REALM-TRAVELNESS IS INVERSELY  
  PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS  
      HAVE     TO     STAY    PUT.      
   SNAKES  CAN  CHEAT  THIS  BY  BEING  
      ALMOST     ONE-DIMENSIONAL.)      
             
                                          
  EITHERWAY. I DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND   
  WHICH ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY, OR EXACTLY  
    WHICH SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    
         NAGAS! THE SNAKE PEOPLE.         
                                          
  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. 
                                          
             
  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).  
             
                                          
  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...?       
                                          
  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   
            CHEST. GUARDIANS?