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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 #¤@^†~....
...~†^@¤##                   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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