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£¤,§¨£¨¨@,    the goal is anyway to become lucid    ,@.££.§.§¨
.&¨¤¨§.@¤.    inside the dream (if the dream is a   ,&.,¤,¤.§.
#@¨¤.@¨¨#¨   container) or while the dream takes    .§.#&¨£,#¨
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§&,#.@.¨&¨       somehow to do with serpents.       ,@,#¤,@.£¨
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.@.#.£.#§, \ i knew  there would  be snakes, they / ¨&..£¨£,§.
§#¨¤,£,¨@¨ = have this particular shape to them,  † .§,#£.¤.@,
.¤,£.#¨§&, *   makes  them   fit  into   cracks,  = ¨§,,§.&,£,
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&§,#.¤¨¨@¨ ^     have     to    stay     put.     \ .£.@&¨#¨&.
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.#,&,£¨§&,   eitherway. i did not fully understand  ,¤,¨£,£,&,
@&¨#¨§¨¨£,  which role they would play, or exactly  ¨¤.&#,§.£¨
.#¨§¨#,&#.    »which» snakes they would be - the    ,£¨¨£.¤¨&.
£&¨&.#,.§.         nagas! the snake people.         .¤.&@,£.#,
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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    .§¨&@,&¨&,
¨¤.§¨#,@&. easy to be.) the problem is finding one. ,#..#.£,£,
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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, / ¨¤,¨¤¨§.&,
#£¨#¨&.,#, \ 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). \ .@¨¨&,#¨&¨
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¤¤,§¨#..@.   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...?       ¨§¨¤£¨@¨£,
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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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