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¨¨¨@@¨¨@@@ ~,^ 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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¨@@¨¨@@¨¨¨ ~,^ HOLLOW BODY FOR MANY STRANGE ~^, @@¨¨¨¨¨¨@¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨@@¨¨ ,^~ WAVY AND FRACTURED, WITH EACH ^,~ @@@¨¨@@@@@
¨@@@@¨¨¨¨@ ^,~ COURTYARD ON A DIFFERENT HEIGHT, ^~, @@¨¨¨¨@@@¨
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¨¨@@@@@@¨¨ ~,^ 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 ~^, @@@¨¨¨¨¨@@
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¨¨¨¨@@¨¨@@ ^,~ FOUR OF US SNUCK AND CLIMBED AND ~,^ ¨@@¨¨@¨¨@@
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¨@@¨¨@@¨¨¨ ~,^ PLAY MUSIC ON OUR HANDHELDS. ,~^ @@@@@@@@@¨
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@@@@@@@¨¨¨ ,^~ DRAINED OF THEIR CATALYST ^,~ @@@@@@@¨¨@
@@@@@@¨¨@@ ^,~ SLUDGE, AND A BIRDS-EYE VIEW TO ^~, ¨@@@@@¨¨¨¨
¨@@@@¨¨¨¨¨ ^~, MAKE SENSE OF OUR ROAMINGS FOR ~^, ¨¨@@@¨¨@@¨
¨¨@@¨¨@@@@ ~^, YEARS TO COME. ~,^ ¨¨¨@¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨@@¨¨@@¨¨¨ ~^, TOPPLED AND EATEN BY MACHINES. ^,~ @@@@@@@¨¨¨
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¨@@@@@@¨¨¨ ^,~ CONJURED IN ITS PLACE. IT'S A ,~^ @@@@@¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨@@¨¨¨¨¨ ,~^ US, AND WE LET IT BE. OUR ~^, @@@¨¨¨¨@@¨
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¨¨¨@@@@¨¨@ ^,~ NEW TOWER EATS US. OTHERS ARE ,~^ @¨¨@@¨¨@@¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨@@@ ,~^ MANIFESTED OVERNIGHT, ONLY TO ~^, ¨@@@@@@@@¨
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¨¨@@¨¨@@¨¨ ^~, TIMESHARE SCAM. GOONS ARE PLACED ,^~ @@¨¨@@¨¨@@
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@@@@@@@@@@ ^~, IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ,^~ @@@@@@@@@@
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