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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.                ,,&,,,&&,,
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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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,&,,,&,,&,           ,,,,^^^~~£#£~~^^^,,,           &&&&&,,&&,
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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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