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¨.@,£.£,#¨ ;    page    on    snake   handling.   ^ ¨,&¨£,#,§&
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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    ¨&£¨¤.@.¨@
.,§.§.§,¤,    place (if it is an event). this is    ..£,#¨&.@#
,¤&¨#.&¨@¨       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,   \ ¨¨¤,@.#,§¤
.£&.@¨&.&. †         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.)     ^ ,£#,#¨£,.§
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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   .¨£¨§¨#,§&
.@¤,@¨&¨#.             chest. guardians?            ¨§#¨£¨§,¨§
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