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?