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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨- ^~- Once Upon A Time, There Was A    ^-~ -¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-~  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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¨¨¨¨¨-~^§£ -^~ And We Did Not Know Its Original -~^ £§^~-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨-~^§£### ~^-  Purposes -  A Womblike Place Of ^~- ###£§^~-¨¨
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¨¨¨-~^§£## -^~   Arcane    Deity.               -~^ ##£§^~-¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^§ ~^-  Presence,  And Honored  It  The ^~- §^~-¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^ ^~-  Only  Way  We  Knew  How:  By   ^-~ ^~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ ¨-~        Breaking        In.       -~¨ ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 -~^ #£§^~-¨¨¨¨
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¨¨-~^§£### -^~  Are  Just  Too High,  And  The  ^-~ ###£§^~-¨¨
¨-~^§£#### ^-~ Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ^~- ####£§^~-¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~^ ^~- 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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¨¨-~^§£### ¨~^           Invitations.           -^¨ ###£§^~-¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-~ ^~- After A While, Something New  Is -^~ ~-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -^~ Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than  ~-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -~^  Us, And  We  Let  It  Be.  Our  ~^- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~-^  Journeys Still End At Its Feet. ^~- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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