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¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ \.~ benevolent spire, towering well .\~ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ .\~ above our tallest trees. it was .~\ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ .~\ clad in white scales, and shaped ~.\ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ~.\ liked a mushroom. ~\. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ ~\. we loved it dearly. \~. §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
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¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ \.~ it predated us by many years, .\~ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
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¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ~.\ 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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¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ¨~\ this place we called our city: .\~ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ .\~ wavy and fractured, with each \.~ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ \.~ courtyard on a different height, \~. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ \~. roads becoming roofs becoming ~\. §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ~\. drains. and some places, like ~.\ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ ~.\ 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 ~\. §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ~\. overlooked. .~\ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
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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. .~\ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ .~\ instead we found vast lungs .\~ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ .\~ drained of their catalyst \.~ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ \.~ sludge, and a birds-eye view to \~. §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ \~. make sense of our roamings for ~\. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ ~\. years to come. ~.\ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
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¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ .\~ around it, the seven toroidal \.~ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ \~. control room on top. the sockets ~\. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ ~\. for its eyes. the smaller spires ~.\ §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ ~.\ for radiating consciousness .~\ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
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¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ .~\ 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 ~\. §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ ~.\ disappear in the evening fog. \~. §¨¨§¨§§¨§§
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¨§§¨§¨§§¨¨ \.~ outside, and we get beaten up a .~\ §¨§§¨¨§¨¨§
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