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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 $*†«,,,,,,
,,,,,,,«†* collective  mind,  with  a  shape  and a *†«,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,«†          direction and a taste.          †«,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,,   inescapeable darkness, because if you  ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, bring  a  candle   or  mount  electrical ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, lights,  the   walls   only   serves  as ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, markers  to  where   the  tiny   spatial ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, existence ends and the darkness  beneath ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                it begins.                ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,,,, like  an  inverted mandelbrot, the  real ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, cave  is actually  not the pockets,  but ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, the  black  around  them.  keep that  in ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                  mind.                   ,,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,«†*$ 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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