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,,:-^%%¤@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@¤%%^-:,,
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,,:-^%%¤@# %%%%%%%^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^%%%%%%% #@¤%%^-:,,
,,,:-^%%¤@ ####@@@@@@¤%%^-:, cave ,:-^%%¤@@@@@@#### @¤%%^-:,,,
,,,,:-^%%¤ #######@¤%%^-:, geometry ,:-^%%¤@####### ¤%%^-:,,,,
,,,,,:-^%% ############ ############ %%^-:,,,,,
,,,,,,:-^% ######% %###### %^-:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:-^ # 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. ¤%%^-:,,,,
,,,:-^%%¤@ @¤%%^-:,,,
,,:-^%%¤@# 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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