,,,,,,,^~* *~^,,,,,,,
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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. ##¶§§=*~^,
,,^~*=§§¶# #¶§§=*~^,,
,,,^~*=§§¶ ,,,,^^^~~§#§~~^^^,,, ¶§§=*~^,,,
,,,,^~*=§§ §§=*~^,,,,
,,,,,^~*=§ 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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,,,,,,,,^~ ¶ *=¶==¶= ~~^ ~*§¶*=¶=* §¶*§§¶§ ¶¶= ~§¶ ~^,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~* ##¶§¶####¶§## §§¶#¶§###§¶####¶# ###¶#### *~^,,,,,,,
,,,,,,^~*= ###########¶#¶######¶#¶#¶##¶###¶##¶###¶# =*~^,,,,,,
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,,,,^~*=§§ #### ######¶¶ = § ^¶########## §§=*~^,,,,
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,,,,,,^~*= =*~^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,^~* ~ *~^,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,^~*= =*~^,,,,,,
,,,,,^~*=§ §=*~^,,,,,
,,,,^~*=§§ §§=*~^,,,,
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