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&&,,&&&&&, $$$$$$$::::::::::::::::::::::::::$$$$$$$ ,&,,&,&,&&
,,&,&,,,,& ##########&$*:»^, cave ,^»:*$&########## ,&&,&&&&&,
,,&&&&,,,& ########&$*:»^, geometry ,^»:*$&######## &&,&&,,,,&
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,&&&,,&&,& ######$                          $###### ,&&,&&&,,&
&&,,&,&,&& #       the name is a little mis-      # &&,&&,,&,&
,,&,&&&&&, »  giving, because of course there is  » ,,&&,&,&&&
&,&&&,,,,& no real geometry in  the caves.  you may ,,&,&&&&,,
&&&,,&,,,& feel as if  you  are venturing into some &,&&&,,,&,
&,,&,&&,,& vast  structure, but  you  are  in  fact ,&&,,&,,&&
,&,&&&,&,& leaving any such  thing at the entrance. &&,&,&&,&,
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&&,,&,&,,,     leaving physical tethers behind,     ,&&,,,&&,,
&,&,&&&&,,  submitting to an inescapable darkness,  ,&,&,,&,&,
&&&&&,,,&, the  world around you becomes more of  a ,&&&&,&&&&
,,,,,&,,&& manifestation   of  your  mind,   or   a ,&,,,&&,,,
,,,,,&&,&, collective  mind,  with  a  shape and  a &&&,,&,&,,
,,,,,&,&&&          direction and a taste.          &,,&,&&&&,
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&,,,,&,,&,   inescapeable darkness, because if you  ,&&&,,&,,&
,&,,,&&,&& bring  a  candle   or  mount  electrical ,&,,&,&&,&
&&&,,&,&&, lights,  the   walls   only   serves  as ,&&,&&&,&&
,,,&,&&&,& markers  to  where  the   tiny   spatial &&,&&,,&&,
,,,&&&,,&& existence ends and the darkness  beneath ,,&&,&,&,&
&,,&,,&,&,                it begins.                &,&,&&&&&&
,&,&&,&&&&                                          ,&&&&,,,,,
,&&&,&&,,, like an  inverted mandelbrot,  the  real &&,,,&,,,,
,&,,&&,&,, cave is  actually not the  pockets,  but ,,&,,&&,,,
,&&,&,&&&, the black  around  them.  keep  that  in &,&&,&,&,,
,&,&&&&,,&                   mind.                  &&&,&&&&&,
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&&,,&,,&&&           ,,,,^^^»»$#$»»^^^,,,           &,,&,&,,,&
,,&,&&,&,,                                          &&,&&&&,,&
&,&&&,&&&, 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.         ,&,&,,&&&,
&&&,,,,,,,                                          ,&&&&,&,,&
,,,&,,,,,, 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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