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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   ¨#.@@¨@,¤.
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