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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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