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..§.§.§§.§ #####@@£§&$†~.. GEOMETRY ..~†$&§£@@##### .....§.§§.
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§..§§§§§.. ~  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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§.§§§..§§. 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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