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#.#.#.£¨,&   CONTAINER) OR WHILE THE DREAM TAKES    ,&,£.£@.§,
&,@¨£.¤.&¨    PLACE (IF IT IS AN EVENT). THIS IS    ¨#.£,.£,§,
§.§.&,£,@¨       SOMEHOW TO DO WITH SERPENTS.       .&.#.¤§.#¨
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£¨£,¤.&¨¤¨ = HAVE THIS  PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM, * .£.#.£¤,#.
&,&.§¨#¨¤, ^  MAKES  THEM   FIT  INTO   CRACKS,   / ,§.#..&¨&.
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£,#¨§¨§,£. * PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS : .#.¤¨¨@,&.
#¨#¨¤,#,@¨ ;     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   .#¨#¨£¤¨&.
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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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¤.#¨&.#¨&,  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?  ,£¨§.§&,§¨
@.@.¤,§¨£¨   THE HOLY WATER IN THE CENTER OF YOUR   ,&.#.,§¨@,
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