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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.          ; .&,£,¤,&¨,
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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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