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..~«;§$§## «  giving, because of course there is  « ##§$§;«~..
...~«;§$§# no real  geometry in the caves.  you may #§$§;«~...
....~«;§$§ feel  as if you are venturing into  some §$§;«~....
...~«;§$§# vast structure,  but  you  are  in  fact #§$§;«~...
..~«;§$§## leaving any such thing  at the entrance. ##§$§;«~..
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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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....~«;§$§ the only sounds in  the  cave  are those §$§;«~....
...~«;§$§# that  you  make  yourselves. they may be #§$§;«~...
..~«;§$§## distorted  by the  stone  structure, and ##§$§;«~..
.~«;§$§### amplified by your  mind. try  not to  be ###§$§;«~.
..~«;§$§## alarmed,  try  to  remember  the persons ##§$§;«~..
...~«;§$§# and  objects  around  you,  and you  can #§$§;«~...
....~«;§$§ discern   a  mirage   from   a   friend. §$§;«~....
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