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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 ^,- ¨,-^%%§@@#
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%%^-,¨¨¨¨¨ -,^ We Were Grateful For Its -^, ¨¨¨¨¨,-^%%
%^-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ -^, 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 -,^ ¨¨¨¨¨,-^%%
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#@@§%%^-,¨ ^,- Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ^-, ¨,-^%%§@@#
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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 ^-, ¨¨¨¨,-^%%§
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#@@§%%^-,¨ -,^ 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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-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-, 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. ^-, ¨¨¨¨,-^%%§
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