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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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@,@,#.@¨£, * have this particular shape to  them, ; ,.¤.¤¤,&&,
§,¤.¤.£,£, *  makes  them   fit  into   cracks,   ; ,&@,.¤,,§,
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¤.&¨&.&,£¨ †    have     to     stay     put.     ^ ,,¤.&&¨§£,
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¤,£,#,§,¤.  eitherway. i did not fully understand   ¨@£,.¤¨.§¨
#,£¨@.¤.£¨  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, = ¨&¤¨¨£¨.@,
@¨#.£¨£.§¨ * 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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