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,@.@.¨&¨#.   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.         ; ¨§¨§¨#.@¨#
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,@¨¤.£#,#¨ * (since realm-travelness is inversely † ¨¤,@.£¨#,£
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¨§,£,&§,#, =     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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