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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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§¨&,§,@,@, ; (since realm-travelness is inversely † ¤,¤¨§¨¤¨#.
&,&.@.#.£¨ * proportional to size; larger animals ^ @,£¨#.#.#.
£.¤.#¨¤,#, =     have     to    stay     put.     = §,¤,#¨§,§.
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#.@,£¨¤.¤, ;     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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