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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.          ,,,&,,,,&,
,&,&,,&,&&                                          ,,&&,,,&&&
&&&&,&&&,,   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.        &,&,&&,,&,
&,&,,&,,&&                                          &&&&,&,&&&
&&&,&&,&,, 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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