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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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