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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. ~~........
.........~ ~.........
........~~ 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. ^:~~......
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........~~ 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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