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...,~**$¶@ ##@@¶¶¶¶¶¶§$**~,. CAVE .,~**$§¶¶¶¶¶¶@@## @¶$**~,...
....,~**$¶ #####@@¶§$**~,. GEOMETRY .,~**$§¶@@##### ¶$**~,....
.....,~**$ ##########@@ @@########## $**~,.....
......,~** #####@$ $@##### **~,......
.....,~**$ # 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 $**~,.....
......,~** DISCERN A MIRAGE FROM A FRIEND. **~,......
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....,~**$¶ . . . ¶$**~,....
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