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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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