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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,  * ,£,#,&,¤,¤
,&,@,¤..#¨ /          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.)     / ,£,&,#.#,¤
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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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