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........^~ ~ 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 ..........
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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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