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&#¨@.§.&,#   inside the dream (if the dream is a    §.£.&#.¤@¨
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¤&,£,@.§¨#    place (if it is an event). this is    ¤¨@,#&,¤#.
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¨#.£.¤,§.& ^ have this  particular shape to them, : &¨@.,@¨,¤.
£@.£.@.£.¤ =   makes   them  fit  into   cracks,  = &.£.#£¨¤§.
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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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