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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 §§.§§.§§§.
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§§.§..§... LIKE  AN INVERTED  MANDELBROT,  THE REAL ...§§.§§§§
..§§§.§§.. CAVE IS ACTUALLY  NOT  THE POCKETS,  BUT §..§.§§...
..§..§§.§. THE  BLACK  AROUND THEM.  KEEP  THAT  IN §§.§§§.§..
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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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