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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    .,#..¨¨,,,
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¨.#.£&¨.,¨    ATTEMPTS TO TRAVEL WHERE WE ARE NOT   ,,¨¨#.,¨¨,
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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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...¨¤.¨¨.¨  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?  §¨,.,¤,.£,
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