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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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