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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ -=^ We Loved It Dearly. =-^ §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ =^- It Predated Us By Many Years, ^=- §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ ^-= Builders. They Had Used Its -^= §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ -=^ Purposes - A Womblike Place Of =-^ §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ =-^ Gestation, A Storage Of Strage =^- ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ =^- Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of ^=- §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ ^=- Arcane Deity. ^-= ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ =-^ Only Way We Knew How: By =^- ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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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 ^=- ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
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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 -^= §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ =^- Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To =-^ §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ =-^ Make Sense Of Our Roamings For -=^ ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ -=^ Years To Come. -^= §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ ¨-= Invitations. ^=¨ §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ -=^ Toppled And Eaten By Machines. =^- ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ =-^ After A While, Something New Is ^=- §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ =-^ But Then We Are Betrayed. The ^=- §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ =^- New Tower Eats Us. Others Are ^-= ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ ^=- Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are -^= §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ =-^ Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed ^=- §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
§¨¨§¨§§¨§¨ =^- Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A ^-= ¨§¨§¨§§¨§¨
§¨§§¨¨§¨§¨ ^=- Few Times, And Stop Going. -^= §§¨§¨¨§¨§¨
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