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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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