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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 ,=~ ¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤¨
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¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨ ~=, Presence, And Honored It The =~, ¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¨
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¤¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨ =~, 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 =,~ ¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¨¨ ~=, Years To Come. ~,= ¤¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤
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¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤¤¤ ~=, For Its Eyes. The Smaller Spires ~,= ¤¨¨¨¤¤¨¨¤¤
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ =,~ New Tower Eats Us. Others Are ,~= ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,=~ Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are ~,= ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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