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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. .-~=*@¤###
#¤@***=~-. .-~=***@¤#
###¤@*=~-. 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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