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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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,,,,,,:~/* ###########@#@######@#@#@##@###@##@###@# */~:,,,,,,
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