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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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¤.£.@.¤¨§, ^ have this  particular shape to them, / &.£@¨#,@¨¨
#¨§.&,¤¨#¨ ^  makes   them  fit  into   cracks,   / @¨,§.&¨@¨£
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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  ^ £.&@.&¨§,¨
£,#¨&,¤¨¤. \ 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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