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,§,&.&,@&¨    the goal is anyway to become lucid    .,@¨£¤¨§.&
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.£¨§¨§¨£§¨    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, / ,¨§,&#.&,#
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¨@.#,£¨,@¨  eitherway. i did not fully understand   ,£¤.,£,£,£
,§.@,@,@£.  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, † .¤#¨.£,&,£
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,@.¤¨£,,#. : 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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,@.§,#¨.&,   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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