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&&.£.¨#.&¨    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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¨£,#.@@,§, = 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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§§,§,,§,£, \  go well  - talking to  a snake  is  ; §¨§,£.§¨#,
.@.@¨&£,§¨ *  often a  recursive matter. you will * @¨£,§¨@.#¨
§#¨£¨¨@,&¨ ^ meet many times as you  fall deeper, ; §.¤.&.#,&¨
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¨&,£¨§#.&, / pleasantries  each time as if you've ; @,#¨§¨¤.£.
@#.£,¨¤,#. ; never before met (although the snake : ¤.@,£¨§.&.
,£¨§.&¤.§. † may choose to address you as an  old † &.¤,§,&,&,
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¤£¨&,,¤¨@¨  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 #.&,¤.¤,£,
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.@.&¨&@,#.   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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