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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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¨¨,-^*%@¶# ,^- 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. ,-^ #¶@%*^-,¨¨
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¨¨¨,-^*%@¶ -^, Presence, And Honored It The ^-, ¶@%*^-,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^*%@ ^-, Only Way We Knew How: By ^,- @%*^-,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,-^*%@¶# ¨-^ This Place We Called Our City: ,^- #¶@%*^-,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,-^*%@ ^,- Courtyard On A Different Height, ^-, @%*^-,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,-^*% ^-, Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming -^, %*^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^*%@ -^, Drains. And Some Places, Like -,^ @%*^-,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,-^*%@¶# ,-^ For Many Years. Once Its Walls ,^- #¶@%*^-,¨¨
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¨¨,-^*%@¶# ^,- 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 ^,- @%*^-,¨¨¨¨
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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 -,^ %*^-,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,-^*%@¶# ,-^ Us, And We Let It Be. Our -^, #¶@%*^-,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨,-^*% ,^- Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are -,^ %*^-,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,-^*%@ ,-^ Manifested Overnight, Only To -^, @%*^-,¨¨¨¨
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¨¨,-^*%@¶# ^,- Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A ,-^ #¶@%*^-,¨¨
¨¨¨,-^*%@¶ ,^- Few Times, And Stop Going. -,^ ¶@%*^-,¨¨¨
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