.~==$*§@##                                          ##@§*$==~.
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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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