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#¨£¨&,.@.@   container) or while the dream takes    ¨@,@.¤,.#.
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§.@¨§,,£,@ * have this particular shape to them,  * .#¨@.@¨,¤¨
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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    ¨&,&.£,.&¨
&,§.¤,@&¨@  (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,  * §&.@¨&¨£§¨
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§,#¨@.£¤,¤ *  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 ; ,&,£,¤..§.
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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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