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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.         ^ @¨#¨&@.&,#
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,¤¨@,¤§.£. : (since realm-travelness is inversely ; £,¤.¤£.#,#
,&.§,,&¨@, ^ 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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