,-~;%%##@# #@##%%;~-, ,,-~;%%##@ @##%%;~-,, ,,,-~;%%## ##%%;~-,,, ,,,,-~;%%# #%%;~-,,,, ,,,,,-~;%% %%;~-,,,,, ,,,,,,-~;% ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, %;~-,,,,,, ,,,,,,,-~; ~~~~--------------------------------~~~~ ;~-,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-~ %%%%%%%;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;%%%%%%% ~-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,- ##@@#######%%;~-, 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. #%%;~-,,,, ,,,-~;%%## ##%%;~-,,, ,,-~;%%##@ , , , @##%%;~-,, ,-~;%%##@# % - % % % - %- #@##%%;~-, ,,-~;%%##@ % @##%%;~-,, ,,,-~;%%## # ; @ ~ , # @, # ~ ## # # ##%%;~-,,, ,,,,-~;%%# # ;%#%%#% ~~- ~;%#;%#%; ##;#%#% ##% ~%# #%%;~-,,,, ,,,,,-~;%% #@###@##@###@ %####%#@#%####@#@ ##@##@## %%;~-,,,,, ,,,,,,-~;% ###@##@#@######@##@####@##@##@##@##@#### %;~-,,,,,, ,,,,,,,-~; ####@@@@########@@@## ###@@@########### ;~-,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-~ ##@@ @@##@@## % % -#@####@@@## ~-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,- #@ #@ % , @@@# #@# -,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, @# @ @@ @@ ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,- @ @ @ @ -,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,-~ # # @ @ ~-,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,-~; # - # @ ;~-,,,,,,, ,,,,,,-~;% # ; # %;~-,,,,,, ,,,,,-~;%% , # %%;~-,,,,, ,,,,-~;%%# #%%;~-,,,, ,,,-~;%%## ~ ##%%;~-,,, ,,-~;%%##@ @##%%;~-,, ,-~;%%##@# #@##%%;~-, ,,-~;%%##@ @##%%;~-,, ,,,-~;%%## ##%%;~-,,, ,,,,-~;%%# #%%;~-,,,, ,,,,,-~;%% %%;~-,,,,,