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....~«:%$¤ no real geometry in the caves. you may ¤$%:«~....
.....~«:%$ 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 ##@¤$%:«~.
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...~«:%$¤@ like an inverted mandelbrot, the real @¤$%:«~...
....~«:%$¤ cave is actually not the pockets, but ¤$%:«~....
.....~«:%$ the black around them. keep that in $%:«~.....
....~«:%$¤ mind. ¤$%:«~....
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.~«:%$¤@## 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 ##@¤$%:«~.
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