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&,,,,&,,&, #######@&%^\~:, 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. &,,,,&,,&,
,&,,,&,&&,                                          &,,,&&,&&,
&&,,&&&,&,     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.                ,&&&,&,,&&
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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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