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,,,,=†*&&¶ ####¶¶¶¶¶¶&&*†=,, cave ,,=†*&&¶¶¶¶¶¶#### ¶&&*†=,,,,
,,,,,=†*&& #######¶&&*†=,, geometry ,,=†*&&¶####### &&*†=,,,,,
,,,,,,=†*& ############ ############ &*†=,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=†* ######& ##### *†=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=†*& # 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. ##¶&&*†=,,
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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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