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?