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?