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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 †~. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †~. gestation, a storage of strage †.~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †.~ fluids, a temple to some kind of .†~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ .†~ arcane deity. .~† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ .~†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.† ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~.† we were grateful for its ~†. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~†. presence, and honored it the †~. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. †~. only way we knew how: by †.~ .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~ ¨.~ breaking in. .~¨ ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨.~†%$@# ¨~† this place we called our city: .†~ #@$%†~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~†%$@## .†~ wavy and fractured, with each †.~ ##@$%†~.¨¨
¨.~†%$@### †.~ courtyard on a different height, †~. ###@$%†~.¨
¨¨.~†%$@## †~. roads becoming roofs becoming ~†. ##@$%†~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~†%$@# ~†. drains. and some places, like ~.† #@$%†~.¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨.~†%$@ ~.† the spire, nobody had accessed .~† @$%†~.¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨.~†% .†~ are just too high, and the †.~ %†~.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~† †.~ internal routes to labyrinthine, †~. †~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨.~ †~. a place among others is easily ~†. ~.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. ~†. overlooked. .~† .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ .~†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.†~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ .†~ 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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¨¨¨.~†%$@# .†~ around it, the seven toroidal †.~ #@$%†~.¨¨¨
¨¨.~†%$@## †.~ lungs stacked outside, and the †~. ##@$%†~.¨¨
¨.~†%$@### †~. control room on top. the sockets ~†. ###@$%†~.¨
¨¨.~†%$@## ~†. for its eyes. the smaller spires ~.† ##@$%†~.¨¨
¨¨¨.~†%$@# ~.† for radiating consciousness .~† #@$%†~.¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨. ~†. toppled and eaten by machines. †.~ .¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ †~. 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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¨¨.~†%$@## .†~ few times, and stop going. ~.† ##@$%†~.¨¨
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