§§¨¨§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§§¨§¨
§§§¨§§§§§§                                          ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§§                                          §¨§¨§§¨§¨§
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¨§¨§§§§§¨¨ ##@@@@@@@@§$*;»,¨ cave ¨,»;*$§@@@@@@@@## ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
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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.                  §§¨¨¨¨¨§§¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§§
¨§§¨§§¨¨¨¨           ¨¨¨¨,,,»»$#$»»,,,¨¨¨           §§¨¨¨§§§¨§
§¨§§¨§¨¨¨¨                                          ¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§
§§¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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. §§§¨§¨§¨¨¨
§¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§§§§¨¨§
§§§¨§§¨§§¨        ¨                 ¨       ¨       ¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§§¨§§ $   ,  *         *       *   ,   $,      §§¨¨¨§§§§§
¨§¨§§¨§§¨¨ *                                        ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨§§¨§¨¨ #   ;  @   »   ¨ @  @¨   @   »   #@  # @ §§¨§§¨¨¨§§
¨¨§§¨§§§¨¨ @ ;*@**@* »», »;$@;*@*; §@;§$@$  @@* »$@ ¨§§¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨§¨¨ #@@§@@##@@§#@ $§@#@$#@#$@###@@@ ##@@#@## §¨§§§¨§§¨¨
§§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ###@##@#@##@#@#@##@#@#@@@#@@#@#@@#@@##@# §§¨¨§§¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§§¨§¨¨ ####@@@@########@@@@@  @@@@@@########### ¨§¨§¨§§§¨§
¨§¨¨¨§§§¨§ ##@@    @@##@@@@  *     $   ,@@####@@@## §§§§§¨¨§§§
§§¨¨§¨¨§§¨ #@        @@  $         ¨      @@@@  @@# ¨¨¨¨§¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨ @@         @                    @@    @@ ¨¨¨§§§§¨§¨
§§§¨§§§§§§ @          @                    @      @ ¨¨§¨¨¨§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ @          @                    @      @ ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨§¨¨¨¨§§ @          ,                    @      @ §¨§¨§§¨§¨§
§§§§¨¨¨§¨¨ @                               ;      @ §§§§¨§§§§§
¨¨¨§¨¨§§¨¨ ¨                                      @ ¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§§¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§§§§¨¨ »                                        ¨§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§                                          §¨¨§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨§§¨                                          §¨§¨§¨¨¨§§
§¨§¨§§§¨§§                                          §§§§§¨¨§¨§
§§§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨                                          ¨¨¨§§§¨¨§§