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@¤¤¨.@¨,¨¨ INSIDE THE DREAM (IF THE DREAM IS A £,,,¤¨¨,,,
¤.##,.#.., CONTAINER) OR WHILE THE DREAM TAKES @£,¨.@¨..¨
¨,§£§.¨@¨¨ PLACE (IF IT IS AN EVENT). THIS IS .¤&¨,¨@¨.¨
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,§...,#¨&£ ; HAVE THIS PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, / .£¨.,&£&.¨
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...¤¨.,¤¤# 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 &¨¨£¨§£..@
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,#§,¨&,¨¨§ = OFTEN A RECURSIVE MATTER. YOU WILL = ¤.¨¨.¨§¨¨£
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.£§#.,.,¨# SOME CLOSE RELATION TO IT. I'VE YET TO ¨,.¨¨&@&.,
.£,¤£,¨.,. UNCOVER WHAT THIS IS. BUT YOU MIGHT §,¨,,¤,&@¨
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¨£&¤¨.,£&¤ 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? ,.#,&¤¨¨&¨
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