,¨.@,,§&.§ ¤.,@¤¨,#§¤ @,,¨&¨&¤.¨ ¨#¨&£@.#¨# ##,¨.,¤@¤. .,¨§,@¨¨¨& ¨¤&,..#.¤# ,¨,,.¨&¨¨# .¤&§¨.,.§& ¨.¨,¨,.#¨, .£¨§§.¤.¤¤ #««» -~« ~~- »~- »=~ ~=« »»- ~«« »«~# £,&§,¤.#¨¤ ££.¤#¤§. ^ page on snake handling. : .§@¨@¤#¤#@ ..,,¤@,.¨¤ #~~» -»« ~~» «~= ~-= --- ~=» »»~ =««# ¨£,§#,¨,,¨ ¨¨,,&¨£,¨£ ¨&¤@,§..., ,.,¨¤§@£,¤ 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. @¤.§@¨£¨#@ .#¨.@,,,¨@ ,,&£,£¤¤#¨ ¨&@.&&.,,§ #=«« ~~- ««« =«= ~~- -~» ««- «=» =-~# ,¨@¨&§.¨¨£ #§¨¤#,£.¨£ ; 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.) † @@¨.¨£,£@, &&@&&§£¤,¤ #~-~ «»~ «»» «~- ~»« »«- »~~ «~« «~~# @,#,¨£#&.# ¨,,.¨,¨¨£& ¨@&§,&¨.§£ §..,,.¨¨#, eitherway. i did not fully understand ¤§.,£¤#¨&. @#¨¨,,,,## which role they would play, or exactly ¨,@,@..##@ .¨@.¨...@. -which~ snakes they would be - the @,¤§§£,§,. ,.¤§¨¨.,&@ nagas! the snake people. .¤¤,¨.#¤§¨ ¨.§,@.¨.@. #@¨£..@¨,£ ¤,#&@&,,&¤ 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. .¤¨,¤¨..&. &¨&@@§¤,§@ ¤¨§£.,@¤ .¤£,.,,##¨ #-~~ «»~ »~« -=» =»- ««» ~=- ~«~ ~--# ¨.,@#,#¨&, ,&¨¤¨,¨&,§ ^ 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). ^ .¨#¤&@¨¨,@ ,.,##&@.&£ #-=» =»~ ««= ~~- »»~ «== »=« ~»~ ~-~# ¤.#.¨¨§.¨& £.,§.,¨§¤, ¤¤#@,¨##¨£ .£,§@¨¨#,# 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...? §#,£,.¤..§ ¨¨,§§.¤¨¤. @¨@&&¨¤@,# &¨,&.¤££&& 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? .£.,¤.£¨@¨ §@¤@¨£@#&. ,¤@,£@#@£¤ ,.,,£¤.¨,# ,&¨&¤,..,. ¨,¨,#,£,.# ,¤&¤¨§..,. ,¨,,#&&&,£ ,£..¤¤§,,¨ .,.¨£,.¨§£ §¤¤,¤¨¨§¨.