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,,&&&,&,&& #######@&%†=~,, geometry ,,~=†%&@####### &,,,&&,&&&
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,&&&,,&&,& #       the name is a little mis-      # &&,,&&&&,,
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&,&&&&&,&, 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 &,&&&,,,,,
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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 ,&,,,,&,&,
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