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,####,##,# -=- Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was --= ####,#,,,,
#,,,##,### --= Clad In White Scales, And Shaped --= ,,,###,,,,
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,,,##,##,# --= 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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,,,,##,,#, -=- Wavy And Fractured, With Each =-- ,###,#,,,,
,,,#,#,### =-- Courtyard On A Different Height, =-- #,,###,,,,
,,#####,,, =-- Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming -=- #,#,,#,,,,
,#,,,,#,,# -=- Drains. And Some Places, Like --= ###,##,,,,
##,,,##,## --= The Spire, Nobody Had Accessed --= ,,##,#,,,,
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,,#,##,,## =-- Four Of Us Snuck And Climbed And --= ,,,,,#,##,
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#,,######, -=- A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And --= ,,,#,,###,
#,#,,,,,#, --= Play Music On Our Handhelds. --= ,,##,#,,##
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#,#,#,#,,, =-- Make Sense Of Our Roamings For -=- ,####,#,,#
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,,,#,##,## =-- Conjured In Its Place. It'S A --= ####,,,,,#
,,###,##,# -=- Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than --= ,,,#,,,,##
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