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:......... #####@@@¤@§\~:. GEOMETRY .:~\§@¤@@@##### .........:
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.......... ~ 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, .......:~\
§\~:...... SUBMITTING TO AN INESCAPABLE DARKNESS, ......:~\§
@§\~:..... THE WORLD AROUND YOU BECOMES MORE OF A .....:~\§@
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@@¤@§\~:.. 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 ......:~\§
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.......... 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. .......:~\
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@¤@§\~:... DISTORTED BY THE STONE STRUCTURE, AND ...:~\§@¤@
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@@¤@§\~:.. AND OBJECTS AROUND YOU, AND YOU CAN ..:~\§@¤@@
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