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¨¤¨§¨£¨&.§    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.       ,@.#¨§¨@¨&
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.¤.#,@,#,¤ ^ i knew there would  be snakes, they  † ,§¨@¨£.§,&
,§¨£.&,#.& = have this particular shape to them,  : ¨¤¨#¨§¨&.#
.#¨§.@¨@.# \   makes  them   fit  into  cracks,   : ¨¤¨&,#,§.#
.£.#¨&,@¨§ ;         into          seams.         / ,@.&,£,&.§
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¨£.#¨&,@¨@ \ (since realm-travelness is inversely † ,@¨£,&¨¤,@
,#.@,¤.§.# / proportional to size; larger animals ; ,§,§,¤¨&,#
.§,£.¤.£¨@ /     have     to     stay     put.    * .@,&¨§¨@.@
,&,§.¤¨§.# ^  snakes can  cheat  this  by  being  = ,#¨£¨§¨@.£
,#¨&,#.¤¨@ ^     almost     one-dimensional.)     ^ .#,¤.§.§¨#
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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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,¤¨&,&¨¤¨@ / 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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