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£.#,@.@.#¨    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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§,¤,£,&.¤. * have this particular shape to  them, / §,&,#.£¨@.
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&,@¨#.&¨£. = proportional to size; larger animals = @.¤.#.§,&¨
@.§,¤,&¨¤¨ †    have     to     stay     put.     = @,#,¤,£,&,
#,#¨§.#,@¨ *  snakes  can cheat  this  by  being  = @.@¨¤¨§.&,
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&¨&.¤¨£.#.  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, \ £.¤¨£,@.§¨
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£.£¨¤,§¨¤, *  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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