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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, / ¨#.@£,£.#.
#,¨§¨¤.£¨@ \  makes  them   fit   into  cracks,   † #&,.£.§¨¤,
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#¨§@¨&.&¨@  which role they would play, or exactly  ,@,&@¨@,@¨
¤,.&¨£¨&¨£    =which- snakes they would be - the    £§¨,&¨&,#.
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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, \ §§,¨¤.#,§,
#.£§.£¨#,§ /  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).  / @¤,,§,@.£,
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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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