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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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¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ,;» and we did not know its original ,»; ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»;^¤#¶# ,»; builders. they had used its »,; #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
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¨¨,»;^¤#¶# »;, purposes - a womblike place of ;», #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ;», gestation, a storage of strage ;,» ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»;^¤# ;,» fluids, a temple to some kind of ,;» #¤^;»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ,;» arcane deity. ,»; ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
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¨¨,»;^¤#¶# »;, presence, and honored it the ;», #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ;», only way we knew how: by ;,» ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
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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 »;, #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
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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. ,»; ##¶#¤^;»,¨
¨¨,»;^¤#¶# ,»; 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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¨¨,»;^¤#¶# ,»; a central spine, a staircase ,;» #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ,;» around it, the seven toroidal ;,» ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»;^¤# ;,» lungs stacked outside, and the ;», #¤^;»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ;», control room on top. the sockets »;, ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»;^¤#¶# »;, for its eyes. the smaller spires »,; #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
¨,»;^¤#¶## »,; for radiating consciousness ,»; ##¶#¤^;»,¨
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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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¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ;,» new tower eats us. others are ,»; ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,»;^¤# ,;» sucked inside. new buildings are »,; #¤^;»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,»;^¤#¶ ,»; manifested overnight, only to »;, ¶#¤^;»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»;^¤#¶# »,; disappear in the evening fog. ;», #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
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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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¨¨,»;^¤#¶# ;», it to hold all his fourty eight ,;» #¶#¤^;»,¨¨
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