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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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&&,&,,&,,& 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 ,&&&&,,&,&
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