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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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¤¨#&¨&¨@¨@ ;     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    ,¤¨&¨@.@.,
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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, † .&¨¤¨&¨@,.
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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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