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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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