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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.                ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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