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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 ..-~;*%§¶#
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%*;~-..... 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 ....-~;*%§
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