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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.                ,&,&,&,&,&
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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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,&,&,&,&,,           ,,,,~~~~~@#@~~~~~,,,           ,&,&,&,&,&
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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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,&,&,&,&,&        ,                 ,       ,       ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,, @   ~  ^         ^       ^   ~   @~      ,&,&,&,&,&
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,&,&,&,&,, #   :  #   ~   , #  #,   #   ~   ##  # # ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,& # :^#^^#^ ~~~ ~:@#:^#^: &#:&@#@  ##^ ~@# ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,, ###&######&## @&###@###@####### ######## ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,& ######################################## ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,, #####################  ################# ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,& ####    ########  ^     @   ~########### ,&,&,&,&,&
,&,&,&,&,, ##        ##  @         ,      ####  ### ,&,&,&,&,&
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