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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.         ,,,,,~*=#@
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=*~,,,,,,, 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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