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,,-^*@£@## ^,- BENEVOLENT SPIRE, TOWERING  WELL ,^- ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@@@@@ ,^- ABOVE OUR TALLEST TREES. IT  WAS ,-^ @@@@@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ,-^ CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED -,^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## -,^       LIKED   A  MUSHROOM.       -^, ##@£@*^-,,
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,,-^*@£@## ,^- AND WE DID NOT KNOW ITS ORIGINAL ,-^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ,-^  BUILDERS.  THEY  HAD USED  ITS  -,^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## -,^  HOLLOW  BODY  FOR  MANY STRANGE -^, ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@@@ -^, PURPOSES -  A  WOMBLIKE PLACE OF ^-, @@@£@*^-,,
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,,,,,,^*££ ,^-  WAVY  AND FRACTURED, WITH EACH  ^,- ££*^,,,,,,
,,,,,,,-*£ ^,- COURTYARD ON A DIFFERENT HEIGHT, ^-, £*-,,,,,,,
,,,,,^^*@@ ^-, ROADS  BECOMING ROOFS  BECOMING  -^, @@*^^,,,,,
,,,,,,-*£@ -^,  DRAINS. AND SOME  PLACES, LIKE  -,^ @£*-,,,,,,
,,-^*@£@## -,^ THE SPIRE,  NOBODY HAD  ACCESSED ,-^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ,-^ FOR MANY YEARS.  ONCE ITS  WALLS ,^- ##@£@*^-,,
,,,,--*£@# ,^-  ARE  JUST TOO  HIGH,  AND  THE  ^,- #@£*--,,,,
,,-^*@£@## ^,- INTERNAL ROUTES TO LABYRINTHINE, ^-, ##@£@*^-,,
,,,,,,--*£ ^-, A PLACE AMONG OTHERS  IS  EASILY -^, £*--,,,,,,
,,-^*@£@## -^,            OVERLOOKED.           ,-^ ##@£@*^-,,
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,,-^*@£@## ^,- FOUR OF US SNUCK AND CLIMBED AND -,^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@££££ ^-, CRAWLED FOR WEEKS, SEARCHING FOR -^, ££££@*^-,,
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,,-^*@£@## -^,        YEARS   TO   COME.        -,^ ##@£@*^-,,
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,,-^*@£@## ,-^  A CENTRAL  SPINE,  A  STAIRCASE ,^- ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ,^-  AROUND  IT, THE  SEVEN TOROIDAL ^,- ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ^,- LUNGS STACKED OUTSIDE, AND  THE  ^-, ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ^-, CONTROL ROOM ON TOP. THE SOCKETS -^, ##@£@*^-,,
,,,,,-^*@£ -^, FOR ITS EYES. THE SMALLER SPIRES -,^ £@*^-,,,,,
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,,-^*@£@## -^, TOPPLED  AND EATEN BY  MACHINES. ^,- ##@£@*^-,,
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,,-^*@£@## ^,- NEW TOWER  EATS  US.  OTHERS ARE ,-^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,-^*@£@## ,^- SUCKED INSIDE. NEW BUILDINGS ARE -,^ ##@£@*^-,,
,,,,,,-^*£ ,-^ MANIFESTED  OVERNIGHT,  ONLY TO  -^, £*^-,,,,,,
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,,-^*@@@£@ ^-, TIMESHARE SCAM. GOONS ARE PLACED ,^- @£@@@*^-,,
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,,,,,,-*£@ ,^-  FEW  TIMES,  AND  STOP  GOING.  -,^ @£*-,,,,,,
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