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..,~/†&££@ #####@@££&†/~,. geometry .,~/†&££@@##### @££&†/~,..
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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. ..........
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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 /~,.......
........,~ discern   a   mirage   from  a   friend. ~,........
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