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¨&¨&¨&&&&& ;.~ Benevolent Spire, Towering Well .;~ ¨&¨¨¨¨¨&&&
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¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨& .~; Clad In White Scales, And Shaped ~.; ¨&¨¨¨&&¨&¨
¨¨¨&&¨¨¨&¨ ~.; Liked A Mushroom. ~;. &&¨¨&¨&&&¨
¨¨&¨&¨¨&&& ~;. We Loved It Dearly. ;~. ¨&¨&&&¨¨&¨
¨&&&&¨&¨¨& ;~.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;.~ &&&¨¨&¨&&¨
&¨¨¨&&&¨&¨ ;.~ It Predated Us By Many Years, .;~ ¨¨&¨&&&¨&¨
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&¨&&¨&¨¨&& .~; 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: .;~ &¨¨&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨&¨¨&¨&&&¨ .;~ Wavy And Fractured, With Each ;.~ &¨&¨&¨¨¨¨¨
&&¨&&&¨¨&& ;.~ Courtyard On A Different Height, ;~. &&&&&¨¨¨¨¨
¨&&¨¨&¨&¨¨ ;~. 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 ;.~ &¨¨¨&&¨&&&
¨&¨&&¨¨¨¨& ;.~ Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ;~. &¨¨&¨&&¨¨&
&&&¨&¨¨¨&¨ ;~. A Place Among Others Is Easily ~;. &¨&&&¨&¨&&
¨¨&&&¨¨&&¨ ~;. Overlooked. .~; &&¨¨&&&&¨¨
¨&¨¨&¨&¨&& .~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.;~ ¨&¨&¨¨¨&¨¨
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¨&&¨¨¨¨&¨& ;.~ 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. ~.; ¨&¨¨&&¨&¨¨
¨¨&¨&¨&&&¨ ~.;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~.~; &&¨&¨&&&¨¨
¨&&&&&¨¨&& .~; A Central Spine, A Staircase .;~ ¨&&&&¨¨&¨¨
&¨¨¨¨&¨&¨¨ .;~ 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 .~; ¨¨&&&¨¨&¨¨
¨&&&&¨¨&&¨ ¨~; Invitations. .;¨ ¨&¨¨&¨&&¨&
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¨¨&¨¨¨¨&¨¨ ~;. Toppled And Eaten By Machines. ;.~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨&&&&
¨&&¨¨¨&&¨& ;~. After A While, Something New Is .;~ ¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨&
&¨&¨¨&¨&&& ;.~ Conjured In Its Place. It'S A .~; ¨¨¨¨&&¨¨&&
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¨¨&&¨¨&¨&¨ .~; Us, And We Let It Be. Our ~;. ¨¨&&&&&&¨&
¨&¨&¨&&&&& ~.; Journeys Still End At Its Feet. ;~. ¨&¨¨¨¨¨&&&
&&&&&¨¨¨¨¨ ~;.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;.~ &&¨¨¨¨&¨¨&
¨¨¨¨&¨¨¨¨& ;~. 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. ;~. ¨¨&¨&&&¨&¨
&¨¨&¨¨&&&¨ ~;. For A While Its Some Kind Of ;.~ ¨&&&¨¨&&&&
&¨&&¨&¨¨&& ;~. Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed .;~ &¨¨&¨&¨¨¨¨
&&¨&&&¨&¨¨ ;.~ Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A .~; &¨&&&&¨¨¨&
¨&&¨¨&&&¨¨ .;~ Few Times, And Stop Going. ~.; &&¨¨¨&¨¨&¨
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¨¨¨¨&&¨¨¨¨ ~;. Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses ;.~ ¨&&&&¨&&¨¨
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