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#&,&¨£.££, ;   page    on    snake   handling.    * .&@¨#¨&¤&¨
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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,   / ,#§¨§,&¨§¨
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¤&¨#¨§¨@&, ; proportional to size; larger animals ^ ,@§,§,¤,£.
.&,£¨#¨,£¨ =    have     to     stay     put.     ; ,.¤¨¤.#,&,
§§,£,@¨&#. /  snakes  can  cheat  this by  being  \ ¨&¤¨¤¨&,#,
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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   ¨§§.#,¤.&,
¨@.&,&.,¤,            chest. guardians?             ¨.£.£.§,§¨
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