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#,&.¤¨£.£,    INSIDE THE DREAM (IF THE DREAM IS A   ,@.£.#¨¤#.
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#,§.#¨#¨§,    PLACE (IF IT IS AN EVENT). THIS IS    .&¨#,#¨£&¨
¤,£¨#,£¨@,       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       ,#.£.§,,£¨
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¤,&¨&¨@¨@. † HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE  TO THEM, ; ¨&,&.§,,£.
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¤,@¨#,¤¨§¨ † PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS = ¨&,§,¤.¤@,
&¨£¨#¨@¨&¨ *     HAVE     TO     STAY    PUT.     † ,¤.&.&¨.£.
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£¨£¨@.¤¨&,  WHICH ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY, OR EXACTLY  ¨£.#,&..#¨
£.£,¤,£¨¤.    ~WHICH~ SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    ¨#¨§.#¨¤&,
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&.¤,¤,¤,@,  CAN. THEY ARE EXCELLENT NIDRA GUIDES,   .#¨£¨£¨££.
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#,#.£.£.§,    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, † .#¨@.&.@&.
¤.&,#,#,#. =  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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&.&.&,#.¤,  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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#,@.&,§,§¨   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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