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,,,,,,,,,, ,/« 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 ,«/ ,,,,,,,,«/
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,,,,,,,,,, /«, ROADS BECOMING ROOFS BECOMING «/, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, «/, DRAINS. AND SOME PLACES, LIKE «,/ ,,,,,,,,,,
«,,,,,,,,, «,/ THE SPIRE, NOBODY HAD ACCESSED ,«/ ,,,,,,,,,«
/«,,,,,,,, ,«/ FOR MANY YEARS. ONCE ITS WALLS ,/« ,,,,,,,,«/
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«,,,,,,,,, /,« 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 «/, ,,,,,,,,,,
«,,,,,,,,, «/, FOR ITS EYES. THE SMALLER SPIRES «,/ ,,,,,,,,,«
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,,,,,,,,,, /,« NEW TOWER EATS US. OTHERS ARE ,«/ ,,,,,,,,,,
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