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¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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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. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§     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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¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨§¨§§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§§¨¨§¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨