page   on    snake    handling.    
             
                                          
    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.       
                                          
             
  i  knew  there would be snakes, they  
  have this  particular shape to them,  
   makes   them   fit  into  cracks,    
          into         seams.           
                             
  (since realm-travelness is inversely  
  proportional to size; larger animals  
      have     to     stay    put.      
   snakes  can  cheat  this  by being   
      almost     one-dimensional.)      
             
                                          
   eitherway. i did not fully understand  
  which role they would play, or exactly  
    which snakes they would be - the    
         nagas! the snake people.         
                                          
  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. 
                                          
             
  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).  
             
                                          
  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...?       
                                          
  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?