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@¨@,&,@¨&¨   inside the dream (if the dream is a    #.¤,@¨#,¤,
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¤.§,¤.#¨§,    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.     ^ §.£,#¨#.&.
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£.@,¤.£.§. *     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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