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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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