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..-=^%@#@# @@@@@@@^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^@@@@@@@ #@#@%^=-..
.-=^%@#@## ####@@@@@@#@%^=-. cave .-=^%@#@@@@@@#### ##@#@%^=-.
..-=^%@#@# #######@#@%^=-. geometry .-=^%@#@####### #@#@%^=-..
...-=^%@#@ ############ ############ @#@%^=-...
....-=^%@# ######@ @###### #@%^=-....
.....-=^%@ # 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. #@#@%^=-..
...-=^%@#@ @#@%^=-...
....-=^%@# 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. ##@#@%^=-.
..-=^%@#@# #@#@%^=-..
...-=^%@#@ 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. #@#@%^=-..
.-=^%@#@## ##@#@%^=-.
..-=^%@#@# like an inverted mandelbrot, the real #@#@%^=-..
...-=^%@#@ cave is actually not the pockets, but @#@%^=-...
....-=^%@# the black around them. keep that in #@%^=-....
.....-=^%@ mind. @%^=-.....
....-=^%@# #@%^=-....
...-=^%@#@ ....---==@#@==---... @#@%^=-...
..-=^%@#@# #@#@%^=-..
.-=^%@#@## 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. #@%^=-....
.....-=^%@ @%^=-.....
....-=^%@# 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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.-=^%@#@## # # # # ##@#@%^=-.
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...-=^%@#@ @ - @ # @#@%^=-...
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.....-=^%@ . @ @%^=-.....
....-=^%@# #@%^=-....
...-=^%@#@ = @#@%^=-...
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