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####$%:-~, ##########&$%:-~, cave ,~-:%$&########## ,~-:%$####
###&$%:-~, ########&$%:-~, geometry ,~-:%$&######## ,~-:%$&###
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###&$%:-~, ######$ $###### ,~-:%$&###
###&$%:-~, # the name is a little mis- # ,~-:%$&###
###&$%:-~, - giving, because of course there is - ,~-:%$&###
###&$%:-~, no real geometry in the caves. you may ,~-:%$&###
###&$%:-~, feel as if you are venturing into some ,~-:%$&###
###&$%:-~, vast structure, but you are in fact ,~-:%$&###
###&$%:-~, leaving any such thing at the entrance. ,~-:%$&###
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&%-~,,,,,, 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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##&&$%:-~, ###&######&## $&###$###$####### ######## ,~-:%$&&##
#$$$$%:-~, ######################################## ,~-:%$$$$#
####&$%:~, ##################### ################# ,~:%$&####
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