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¤,&@¤¤.£¨§ :   page   on    snake    handling.    : .@¨¤,&¤.&,
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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 ; £@,§¨¨&¨£,
&¨£.&§.&.& \ proportional to size; larger animals / .§,¤¨£§,&¨
#.§¨,#¨¤.& :     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    ¨£¨¤.¤#.£,
§¨§,,@.£,&         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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