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..~«^$@¤@@ no real geometry in the caves. you may @@¤@$^«~..
...~«^$@¤@ feel as if you are venturing into some @¤@$^«~...
....~«^$@¤ vast structure, but you are in fact ¤@$^«~....
.....~«^$@ leaving any such thing at the entrance. @$^«~.....
....~«^$@¤ ¤@$^«~....
...~«^$@¤@ leaving physical tethers behind, @¤@$^«~...
..~«^$@¤@@ submitting to an inescapable darkness, @@¤@$^«~..
.~«^$@¤@@# the world around you becomes more of a #@@¤@$^«~.
..~«^$@¤@@ manifestation of your mind, or a @@¤@$^«~..
...~«^$@¤@ collective mind, with a shape and a @¤@$^«~...
....~«^$@¤ direction and a taste. ¤@$^«~....
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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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....~«^$@¤ the moisture that permeates any cave ¤@$^«~....
.....~«^$@ worth it's name... it's the water the @$^«~.....
....~«^$@¤ world rose from. it's the water you ¤@$^«~....
...~«^$@¤@ drown in, in your dreams. @¤@$^«~...
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..~«^$@¤@@ that you make yourselves. they may be @@¤@$^«~..
...~«^$@¤@ distorted by the stone structure, and @¤@$^«~...
....~«^$@¤ amplified by your mind. try not to be ¤@$^«~....
.....~«^$@ alarmed, try to remember the persons @$^«~.....
....~«^$@¤ and objects around you, and you can ¤@$^«~....
...~«^$@¤@ discern a mirage from a friend. @¤@$^«~...
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