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&&&&,&,&,, 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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&,,&&,,,&& 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 ,,&,,,,&,,
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