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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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&,&,,#¨§.# : (since realm-travelness is inversely * .§#¨&¨@¨&.
&,@,¤£.£,¨ \ proportional to size; larger animals \ ..§,¤.¤¨&,
¤,§¨¨&.¤¨£ †     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    .,£¨¤.@.@¨
§.£.,#¨&.§         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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¤.&,&#¨#¨, / 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, † ¨¨#.¤.£,&,
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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  ^ ¨§@.¤.§¨@.
#¨£.¤£,@,¨ † 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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