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,@§¨£,§..¤    the goal is anyway to become lucid    ¨@¨@#¨&,@¨
@,£¨&.¤¨¤&    inside the dream (if the dream is a   .#¨.@¨§.£,
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¤.&¨§.#.&§    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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&,¤.@.§¨,¤  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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&,§.@.@¨@& \ 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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¤¨#.&¨#,££ ;  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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