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,,,,,,,,,, ###########%=\~., cave ,.~\=%########### ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, #########%=\~., 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. ,,,,,,,.~\
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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 ,,.~\=%###
##%=\~.,,, discern   a   mirage   from   a  friend. ,,,.~\=%##
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