PAGE    ON   SNAKE   HANDLING.     
             
                                          
    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.       
                                          
             
  I KNEW  THERE  WOULD BE SNAKES, THEY  
  HAVE THIS  PARTICULAR SHAPE TO THEM,  
    MAKES   THEM  FIT  INTO   CRACKS,   
          INTO          SEAMS.          
                             
  (SINCE REALM-TRAVELNESS IS INVERSELY  
  PROPORTIONAL TO SIZE; LARGER ANIMALS  
     HAVE     TO     STAY     PUT.      
   SNAKES  CAN  CHEAT  THIS  BY BEING   
      ALMOST     ONE-DIMENSIONAL.)      
             
                                          
  EITHERWAY. I DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND   
  WHICH ROLE THEY WOULD PLAY, OR EXACTLY  
    WHICH SNAKES THEY WOULD BE - THE    
         NAGAS! THE SNAKE PEOPLE.         
                                          
  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. 
                                          
             
  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).  
             
                                          
  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...?       
                                          
  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   
             CHEST. GUARDIANS?