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,»^$$¤£### »,^ liked a mushroom. »^, ###£¤$$^»,
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¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ,^» and we did not know its original ,»^ ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»^$$ ,»^ builders. they had used its »,^ $$^»,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ^», gestation, a storage of strage ^,» ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ^,» fluids, a temple to some kind of ,^» £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
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¨,»^$$¤£## »^, presence, and honored it the ^», ##£¤$$^»,¨
¨¨,»^$$¤£# ^», only way we knew how: by ^,» #£¤$$^»,¨¨
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¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ,^» wavy and fractured, with each ^,» £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»^$$¤£# ^,» courtyard on a different height, ^», #£¤$$^»,¨¨
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¨¨,»^$$¤£# ,»^ for many years. once its walls ,^» #£¤$$^»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ,^» are just too high, and the ^,» £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ^,» internal routes to labyrinthine, ^», ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»^$$ ^», a place among others is easily »^, $$^»,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ^,» four of us snuck and climbed and »,^ £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»^$$¤£# ^», crawled for weeks, searching for »^, #£¤$$^»,¨¨
¨,»^$$¤£## »^, a secluded place to do drugs and »,^ ##£¤$$^»,¨
,»^$$¤£### »,^ play music on our handhelds. ,»^ ###£¤$$^»,
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¨¨,»^$$¤£# ,^» drained of their catalyst ^,» #£¤$$^»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ^,» sludge, and a birds-eye view to ^», £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ^», make sense of our roamings for »^, ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»^$$ »^, years to come. »,^ $$^»,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,»^$$¤£# ^», control room on top. the sockets »^, #£¤$$^»,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^$ »^, toppled and eaten by machines. ^,» $^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ^,» conjured in its place. it's a ,»^ ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ,^» tiny maw at first, shorter than »,^ £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»^$$¤£# ,»^ us, and we let it be. our »^, #£¤$$^»,¨¨
¨,»^$$¤£## »,^ journeys still end at its feet. ^», ##£¤$$^»,¨
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¨,»^$$¤£## ^», but then we are betrayed. the ,^» ##£¤$$^»,¨
¨¨,»^$$¤£# ^,» new tower eats us. others are ,»^ #£¤$$^»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ,^» sucked inside. new buildings are »,^ £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ,»^ manifested overnight, only to »^, ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»^$$ »,^ disappear in the evening fog. ^», $$^»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,»^$ »^, for a while its some kind of ^,» $^»,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»^$$ ^», timeshare scam. goons are placed ,^» $$^»,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»^$$¤ ^,» outside, and we get beaten up a ,»^ ¤$$^»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»^$$¤£ ,^» few times, and stop going. »,^ £¤$$^»,¨¨¨
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¨,»^$$¤£## ^», it to hold all his fourty eight ,^» ##£¤$$^»,¨
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