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.§,£¨,,£&, ^    page    on   snake   handling.    \ .£.§.@,#,¤
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¨§.£.¨¤¨@¨    the goal is anyway to become lucid    ,£¨¤,&¨&.@
¨&,@.££,£¨   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,   / ,£.@¨¤¨¤.¤
¨@¨#.,&,§. ;         into          seams.         ; .@.#.£¨&,¤
.#¨§,§£¨@¨ :             ..¨»~£«=..¨              : ,#,&,#,@.£
¨¤.¤¨¨¤¨¤. = (since realm-travelness is inversely * ¨£¨@,#.¤¨@
,§,&,£&,#¨ * proportional to size; larger animals : ¨&¨§¨§.@,#
,§,&.,&¨&, †     have     to     stay    put.     / ¨&.¤,#¨#.&
¨§¨£.@@,§¨ †  snakes can  cheat  this  by  being  * .&¨#.&¨§.£
,#,§..@.&. =     almost     one-dimensional.)     : .£,¤¨¤¨¤,#
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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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¨§.#¨§@,@¨ #»~»  «~»  =«» »-» ~»~  -~« =-~ »-= ~=~# .&¨#,@¨#,¤
,#,¤¨.&.¤, † 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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