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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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§.,@,&¨.§, / 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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