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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, ,†- ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨ ,†- and we did not know its original ,-† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ ,-† builders. they had used its -,† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ -,† hollow body for many strange -†, §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ -†, purposes - a womblike place of †-, §§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ †,- fluids, a temple to some kind of ,†- §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ ,†- arcane deity. ,-† ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ -,† we were grateful for its -†, §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨ -†, 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, †-, ¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ †-, 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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¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨§ ,†- 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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§§¨¨§¨§§¨¨ ,†- around it, the seven toroidal †,- ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
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¨§§§¨¨§¨§§ †-, control room on top. the sockets -†, ¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§§ -†, for its eyes. the smaller spires -,† ¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨§¨ -,† for radiating consciousness ,-† ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ ¨-† invitations. ,†¨ ¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
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¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§ -†, toppled and eaten by machines. †,- ¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§ †-, after a while, something new is ,†- ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ †,- 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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¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨¨ -,† iirc it's currently owned by †-, §¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨ †-, it to hold all his fourty eight ,†- ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨
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