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,^=;=%@£## ^=; BUILDERS. THEY HAD USED ITS =^; ##£@%=;=^,
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,^=;=%@£££ =;^ PURPOSES - A WOMBLIKE PLACE OF ;=^ £££@%=;=^,
,^=;=%@£## ;=^ GESTATION, A STORAGE OF STRAGE ;^= ##£@%=;=^,
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,^=;%@£### ;^= 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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,^=;=%@£## =;^ A SECLUDED PLACE TO DO DRUGS AND =^; ##£@%=;=^,
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,^=;=%@@@£ ^=; INSTEAD WE FOUND VAST LUNGS ^;= £@@@%=;=^,
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,^=;=%@£## =;^ YEARS TO COME. =^; ##£@%=;=^,
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,^=;=%@@@# ^=; A CENTRAL SPINE, A STAIRCASE ^;= #@@@%=;=^,
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,^=;=@£### ;^= 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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,,^=;==@@@ ^=; MANIFESTED OVERNIGHT, ONLY TO =;^ @@@==;=^,,
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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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