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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 %*~,......
.....,~*%& mind. &%*~,.....
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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 %*~,......
.....,~*%& that you make yourselves. they may be &%*~,.....
....,~*%&@ distorted by the stone structure, and @&%*~,....
...,~*%&@@ 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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