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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 ......~~*=
$=*~~..... VAST STRUCTURE, BUT YOU ARE IN FACT .....~~*=$
@$=*~~.... LEAVING ANY SUCH THING AT THE ENTRANCE. ....~~*=$@
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#@@$=*~~.. LEAVING PHYSICAL TETHERS BEHIND, ..~~*=$@@#
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#@@$=*~~.. THE WORLD AROUND YOU BECOMES MORE OF A ..~~*=$@@#
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@$=*~~.... COLLECTIVE MIND, WITH A SHAPE AND A ....~~*=$@
$=*~~..... DIRECTION AND A TASTE. .....~~*=$
=*~~...... ......~~*=
*~~....... 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. ......~~*=
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#@@$=*~~.. THE BLACK AROUND THEM. KEEP THAT IN ..~~*=$@@#
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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 ......~~*=
$=*~~..... AMPLIFIED BY YOUR MIND. TRY NOT TO BE .....~~*=$
@$=*~~.... ALARMED, TRY TO REMEMBER THE PERSONS ....~~*=$@
@@$=*~~... AND OBJECTS AROUND YOU, AND YOU CAN ...~~*=$@@
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