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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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,£.¤¨§¨¤.# ^  i knew there would be  snakes, they ^ &,&¨£,.£.§
¨¤¨£¨@,@.# * have this particular  shape to them, : §.#.¤.§@.&
.#¨¤,#¨§.£ /   makes   them  fit  into   cracks,  = §.@.@..#,@
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.#¨&,#.¤,§ *              .¨,-=@-«¨.,             / &¨#,§¨,§¨#
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,¤,&,¤,¤.§ /     have    to     stay     put.     : §¨¤.&.@§¨§
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¨#.§¨@¨¤.£  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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