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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   &.&,¤,£¨£,
¤¨#,§#,.£.            chest. guardians?             ¤.§.§.¤.@,
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