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#@%††~,,,, ##########@%††~~, cave ,~~††%@########## ,,,,~††%@#
@%%%††~,,, ########@%††~~, 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. ,~~††%@###
@%%†~,,,,, ,,,,,~†%%@
@@††~~,,,, 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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