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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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#@££%;~^,, ;^~ It Predated Us By  Many  Years,  ^;~ ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ^;~ And We Did Not Know Its Original ^~; ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ^~;  Builders.  They Had  Used  Its  ~^; ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ~^; Hollow  Body  For Many  Strange  ~;^ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ~;^ Purposes -  A Womblike  Place Of ;~^ ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ;~^ 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  ~^; ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ~^;  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 ~;^ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ~;^ A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And ~^; ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ~^; Play  Music On  Our  Handhelds.  ^~; ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ^~; Instead  We  Found  Vast  Lungs  ^;~ ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ^;~   Drained  Of   Their  Catalyst  ;^~ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ;^~  Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To ;~^ ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ;~^ Make Sense Of  Our  Roamings For ~;^ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ~;^        Years   To   Come.        ~^; ,,^~;%££@#
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##@££%;~^, ^;~ Around  It, The Seven  Toroidal  ;^~ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ;^~  Lungs  Stacked Outside, And The ;~^ ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ;~^ Control Room On Top. The Sockets ~;^ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ~;^ For Its Eyes. The Smaller Spires ~^; ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ~^;   For  Radiating  Consciousness  ^~; ,^~;%££@##
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##@££%;~^, ~;^  Toppled And Eaten By Machines.  ;^~ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ;~^ After A  While, Something New Is ^;~ ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ;^~ Conjured In  Its  Place. It'S  A ^~; ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ^;~ Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than  ~^; ,,^~;%££@#
##@££%;~^, ^~;  Us,  And  We Let  It  Be.  Our  ~;^ ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ~^; Journeys Still End At Its  Feet. ;~^ ,,^~;%££@#
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##@££%;~^, ;^~ New  Tower Eats Us. Others  Are  ^~; ,^~;%££@##
#@££%;~^,, ^;~ Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are ~^; ,,^~;%££@#
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