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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.                ###@&=~^..
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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.        #@&=~^....
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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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