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¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¨ ,»/ CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED »,/ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¨¨¤ ,»/ BUILDERS. THEY HAD USED ITS »,/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¤
¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨ »,/ HOLLOW BODY FOR MANY STRANGE »/, ¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨
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¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤ /», GESTATION, A STORAGE OF STRAGE /,» ¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤ /,» FLUIDS, A TEMPLE TO SOME KIND OF ,/» ¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤
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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, /», ¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¨
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¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤ ,/» SO, BASICALLY, THAT SUMMER THE /,» ¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤ /,» FOUR OF US SNUCK AND CLIMBED AND »,/ ¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ /», CRAWLED FOR WEEKS, SEARCHING FOR »/, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨ »/, A SECLUDED PLACE TO DO DRUGS AND »,/ ¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨ »,/ PLAY MUSIC ON OUR HANDHELDS. ,»/ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤ ,/» DRAINED OF THEIR CATALYST /,» ¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ /,» CONJURED IN ITS PLACE. IT'S A ,»/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,/» TINY MAW AT FIRST, SHORTER THAN »,/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,»/ US, AND WE LET IT BE. OUR »/, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ /,» NEW TOWER EATS US. OTHERS ARE ,»/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,/» SUCKED INSIDE. NEW BUILDINGS ARE »,/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,»/ MANIFESTED OVERNIGHT, ONLY TO »/, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ /,» OUTSIDE, AND WE GET BEATEN UP A ,»/ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ »/, SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES /,» ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ /», IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ,/» ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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