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,,.~;%@¤@# ;~. Once Upon A Time, There Was A ;.~ #@¤@%;~.,,
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,,.~;%@¤@# .;~ Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was .~; #@¤@%;~.,,
,,,.~;%@¤@ .~; Clad In White Scales, And Shaped ~.; @¤@%;~.,,,
,,,,.~;%@¤ ~.; Liked A Mushroom. ~;. ¤@%;~.,,,,
,,,,,.~;%@ ~;. We Loved It Dearly. ;~. @%;~.,,,,,
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,,,,,.~;%@ ;.~ It Predated Us By Many Years, .;~ @%;~.,,,,,
,,,,.~;%@¤ .;~ And We Did Not Know Its Original .~; ¤@%;~.,,,,
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,,.~;%@¤@# ;~. Gestation, A Storage Of Strage ;.~ #@¤@%;~.,,
,,,.~;%@¤@ ;.~ Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of .;~ @¤@%;~.,,,
,,,,.~;%@¤ .;~ Arcane Deity. .~; ¤@%;~.,,,,
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,,,,,,.~;% ~.; We Were Grateful For Its ~;. %;~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~;%@ ~;. Presence, And Honored It The ;~. @%;~.,,,,,
,,,,.~;%@¤ ;~. Only Way We Knew How: By ;.~ ¤@%;~.,,,,
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,,,,.~;%@¤ ,~; This Place We Called Our City: .;~ ¤@%;~.,,,,
,,,,,.~;%@ .;~ Wavy And Fractured, With Each ;.~ @%;~.,,,,,
,,,,,,.~;% ;.~ Courtyard On A Different Height, ;~. %;~.,,,,,,
,,,,,.~;%@ ;~. Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming ~;. @%;~.,,,,,
,,,,.~;%@¤ ~;. Drains. And Some Places, Like ~.; ¤@%;~.,,,,
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,,.~;%@¤@# .~; For Many Years. Once Its Walls .;~ #@¤@%;~.,,
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,,.~;%@¤@# ;.~ Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ;~. #@¤@%;~.,,
,,,.~;%@¤@ ;~. A Place Among Others Is Easily ~;. @¤@%;~.,,,
,,,,.~;%@¤ ~;. Overlooked. .~; ¤@%;~.,,,,
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,,,,.~;%@¤ ;~. Crawled For Weeks, Searching For ~;. ¤@%;~.,,,,
,,,.~;%@¤@ ~;. A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And ~.; @¤@%;~.,,,
,,.~;%@¤@# ~.; Play Music On Our Handhelds. .~; #@¤@%;~.,,
,.~;%@¤@## .~; Instead We Found Vast Lungs .;~ ##@¤@%;~.,
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,,,,.~;%@¤ .;~ Around It, The Seven Toroidal ;.~ ¤@%;~.,,,,
,,,.~;%@¤@ ;.~ Lungs Stacked Outside, And The ;~. @¤@%;~.,,,
,,.~;%@¤@# ;~. Control Room On Top. The Sockets ~;. #@¤@%;~.,,
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,,.~;%@¤@# ~.; For Radiating Consciousness .~; #@¤@%;~.,,
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,,,,.~;%@¤ ~;. Toppled And Eaten By Machines. ;.~ ¤@%;~.,,,,
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