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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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