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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,   * ¨#§.£,£,¤¨
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£¨&,#¨¤,§@ / 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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#,£,@,@,.# \ 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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