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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 / §¨&¨§¨§¨@,
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¤#¨§,§,&,@ ^     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 ^ &,¤.@,#¨£.
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&¤.#¨§,¤,£ ^  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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