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,,,,===$#@                                          @#$===,,,,
,,,===$#@# ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, #@#$===,,,
,,===$#@## ====,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,==== ##@#$===,,
,,,===$#@# $$$$$$$==========================$$$$$$$ #@#$===,,,
,,,,===$#@ ####@@@@@@#$===,, cave ,,===$#@@@@@@#### @#$===,,,,
,,,,,===$# #######@#$===,, geometry ,,===$#@####### #$===,,,,,
,,,,,,===$ ############                ############ $===,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=== ######$                          $###### ===,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,== #       the name is a little mis-      # ==,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= =  giving, because of course there is  = =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, no  real geometry  in the caves. you may ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, feel  as  if you are venturing into some ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, vast  structure,  but  you  are  in fact ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= leaving any such  thing at the entrance. =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,==                                          ==,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,===     leaving physical tethers behind,     ===,,,,,,,
,,,,,,===$  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 $===,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=== markers   to  where   the  tiny  spatial ===,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,== existence ends  and the darkness beneath ==,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,=                it begins.                =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, like  an inverted  mandelbrot, the  real ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, cave is  actually  not  the pockets, but ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= the  black  around  them. keep  that  in =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,==                   mind.                  ==,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,===$           ,,,,,,,==$#$==,,,,,,           $===,,,,,,
,,,,,===$#                                          #$===,,,,,
,,,,===$#@ 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.        #@#$===,,,
,,,,===$#@                                          @#$===,,,,
,,,,,===$# 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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