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#@§§&§=~~. 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. .~~=§&&§@#
##@§&§=~~. .~~=§&§@##
@&§§§~~... 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 .~~~~~==&§
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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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§§§§§=~~~. worth it's name... it's the water the .~~~=§§§§§
#@@§&§=~~. world rose from. it's the water you .~~=§&§@@#
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##@§&§=~~. that you make yourselves. they may be .~~=§&§@##
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@&§§~..... amplified by your mind. try not to be .....~§§&@
§§§&=~.... alarmed, try to remember the persons ....~=&§§§
##@§&§=~~. and objects around you, and you can .~~=§&§@##
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