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