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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 ..........
.......... manifestation   of   your   mind,  or  a ..........
.........~ collective  mind,  with  a  shape  and a ~.........
........~=          direction and a taste.          =~........
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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 ###@$†=~..
...~=†$@##                it begins.                ##@$†=~...
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.....~=†$@ like  an inverted  mandelbrot,  the real @$†=~.....
......~=†$ cave  is actually not the  pockets,  but $†=~......
.......~=† the  black  around  them.  keep that  in †=~.......
........~=                  mind.                   =~........
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.......... the  moisture that  permeates  any  cave ..........
.......... worth it's name...  it's  the water  the ..........
.......... world  rose  from.  it's  the  water you ..........
..........         drown in, in your dreams.        ..........
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.........~ the only  sounds in  the cave  are those ~.........
........~= that you  make yourselves.  they may  be =~........
.......~=† distorted  by  the stone  structure, and †=~.......
......~=†$ 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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