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,¨#¨#¤¨#.£    inside the dream (if the dream is a   ,&,@¨¤.@¨§
.#¤¨.&.§¨@   container) or while the dream takes    ¨¤¨£¨¤¨&¨&
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.&£.,£¨£¨& † have this particular shape to them,  * ,§¨&.§.@¨¤
.,§¨#£.#,§ ^   makes  them   fit   into  cracks,  * ,§,#.§¨&.#
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,£#¨¨&¨#.@ ;     have     to    stay     put.     = ,#¨¤.@¨&,@
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,@£,,@,§¨§ ^     almost     one-dimensional.)     * ,#,@,£¨£,£
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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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.,§,&§,§,@   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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