......:~^^ ^^~:......
.......:~^ ^~:.......
........:~ ~:........
.........: :.........
.......... ..........
.........: ........................................ :.........
........:~ ~~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~~ ~:........
.......:~^ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ^~:.......
......:~^^ ##@@@@@@@@£¤^^~:. 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. ^^~:......
.......:~^ ^~:.......
........:~ ....:::~~¤#¤~~:::... ~:........
.........: :.........
.......... 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. @£¤^^~:...
....:~^^¤£ £¤^^~:....
.....:~^^¤ . . . ¤^^~:.....
......:~^^ ¤ : ^ ^ ^ : ¤: ^^~:......
.......:~^ ^ ^~:.......
........:~ # ^ @ ~ . @ @. @ ~ #@ # @ ~:........
.........: @ ^^@^^@^ ~~: ~^¤@^^@^^ £@^£¤@¤ @@^ ~¤@ :.........
.......... #@@£@@##@@£#@ ¤£@#@¤#@#¤@###@@@ ##@@#@## ..........
.........: ###@##@#@##@#@#@##@#@#@@@#@@#@#@@#@@##@# :.........
........:~ ####@@@@########@@@@@ @@@@@@########### ~:........
.......:~^ ##@@ @@##@@@@ ^ ¤ :@@####@@@## ^~:.......
......:~^^ #@ @@ ¤ . @@@@ @@# ^^~:......
.....:~^^¤ @@ @ @@ @@ ¤^^~:.....
....:~^^¤£ @ @ @ @ £¤^^~:....
...:~^^¤£@ @ @ @ @ @£¤^^~:...
..:~^^¤£@@ @ : @ @ @@£¤^^~:..
.:~^^¤£@@# @ ^ @ #@@£¤^^~:.
..:~^^¤£@@ . @ @@£¤^^~:..
...:~^^¤£@ @£¤^^~:...
....:~^^¤£ ~ £¤^^~:....
.....:~^^¤ ¤^^~:.....
......:~^^ ^^~:......
.......:~^ ^~:.......
........:~ ~:........
.........: :.........
.......... ..........