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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. .§§§§.....
..§§.§....                                          §...§.....
.§.§§§....     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.                  §.§....§§.
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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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