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#¤&,@.#¨@,   inside the dream (if the dream is a    ¤.¤.&.¤,¤,
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£,£,¤.#.#¨    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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¤,£,¤.@¨@. : proportional to size; larger animals † @,#¨@,&,£.
#¨#,@¨£¨£. :    have     to     stay     put.     ^ #,¤.&¨#.£,
#¨@¨¤¨#.§. *  snakes  can  cheat  this  by being  / ¤,¤.#.#,#,
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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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