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.£.£¨¨¤¨£.    inside the dream (if the dream is a   .#.¤&¨&¨.#
.£.@¨#§¨§¨   container) or while the dream takes    ,¤,,¤¨¤.#£
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¨¤.@.@@¨&.       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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,#,@.§#.&. *     have    to     stay     put.     = ,#¨¨&,£,§@
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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    .#¨.&,£,@¤
¨&¨&¨¨¤¨¤. 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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