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.......... #####@@@&§§\«^. GEOMETRY .^«\§§&@@@##### ..........
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.........^ # THE NAME IS A LITTLE MIS- # ^.........
........^« « GIVING, BECAUSE OF COURSE THERE IS « «^........
.......^«\ NO REAL GEOMETRY IN THE CAVES. YOU MAY \«^.......
......^«\§ FEEL AS IF YOU ARE VENTURING INTO SOME §\«^......
.....^«\§§ VAST STRUCTURE, BUT YOU ARE IN FACT §§\«^.....
....^«\§§& LEAVING ANY SUCH THING AT THE ENTRANCE. &§§\«^....
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..^«\§§&@@ LEAVING PHYSICAL TETHERS BEHIND, @@&§§\«^..
.^«\§§&@@# SUBMITTING TO AN INESCAPABLE DARKNESS, #@@&§§\«^.
..^«\§§&@@ THE WORLD AROUND YOU BECOMES MORE OF A @@&§§\«^..
...^«\§§&@ MANIFESTATION OF YOUR MIND, OR A @&§§\«^...
....^«\§§& COLLECTIVE MIND, WITH A SHAPE AND A &§§\«^....
.....^«\§§ DIRECTION AND A TASTE. §§\«^.....
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.......^«\ INESCAPEABLE DARKNESS, BECAUSE IF YOU \«^.......
........^« BRING A CANDLE OR MOUNT ELECTRICAL «^........
.........^ LIGHTS, THE WALLS ONLY SERVES AS ^.........
.......... MARKERS TO WHERE THE TINY SPATIAL ..........
.......... EXISTENCE ENDS AND THE DARKNESS BENEATH ..........
.......... IT BEGINS. ..........
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.......... LIKE AN INVERTED MANDELBROT, THE REAL ..........
.......... CAVE IS ACTUALLY NOT THE POCKETS, BUT ..........
.......... THE BLACK AROUND THEM. KEEP THAT IN ..........
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.......^«\ THE MOISTURE THAT PERMEATES ANY CAVE \«^.......
......^«\§ WORTH IT'S NAME... IT'S THE WATER THE §\«^......
.....^«\§§ WORLD ROSE FROM. IT'S THE WATER YOU §§\«^.....
....^«\§§& DROWN IN, IN YOUR DREAMS. &§§\«^....
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..^«\§§&@@ THE ONLY SOUNDS IN THE CAVE ARE THOSE @@&§§\«^..
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...^«\§§&@ AMPLIFIED BY YOUR MIND. TRY NOT TO BE @&§§\«^...
....^«\§§& ALARMED, TRY TO REMEMBER THE PERSONS &§§\«^....
.....^«\§§ AND OBJECTS AROUND YOU, AND YOU CAN §§\«^.....
......^«\§ DISCERN A MIRAGE FROM A FRIEND. §\«^......
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