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,,§§§§§,§§ -«\ Clad In White Scales, And Shaped «-\ ,§,,§,,,§,
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,,,§,,§§§, -\« And We Did Not Know Its Original -«\ ,,,,,,§,,,
,,,§§,§,,§ -«\ Builders. They Had Used Its «-\ §,,,,,§§,,
,,,§,§§§,§ «-\ Hollow Body For Many Strange «\- §§,,,,§,§,
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§§,§§,§§§§ \-« Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of -\« §,§,§,§§,,
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,,,§,§§,,§ «\- Presence, And Honored It The \«- ,,,,,,,§§,
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,§§§,,,§,§ «-\ The Spire, Nobody Had Accessed -«\ §,§§§,,§§,
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§§§,§§,§,, -\« Are Just Too High, And The \-« §,,§,§§§§§
,,,§§,§§§, \-« Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, \«- §§,§§§,,,,
,,,§,§§,,§ \«- A Place Among Others Is Easily «\- ,,§§,,§,,,
,,,§§§,§,§ «\- Overlooked. -«\ §,§,§,§§,,
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,§§,§,§§§, «-\ Play Music On Our Handhelds. -«\ §§,§,§,§§§
§§,§§§§,,§ -«\ Instead We Found Vast Lungs -\« ,,§§§§§§,,
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