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##@¤*=:~~¨ 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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@@¤=~¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨~~:=*¤###
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