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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.          ,&&,,,&&&&
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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 &,&&&,,&,&
&&,&,&,&&, discern  a   mirage   from   a   friend. ,&&,,&,&&&
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