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.:«:^@&@## #####@@¶&@^:«:. 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. @&@^:«:...
..:«:^@&@# #@&@^:«:..
.:«:^@&@## 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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