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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.          &,&,&&&,&,
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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.                ,&,,&,&&&&
&&,&&&&&&,                                          ,&&,&&&,,,
&,&&,,,,,& 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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