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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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