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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :*~ Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was :~* ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :~* Clad In White Scales, And Shaped ~:* ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ~*: 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 *:~ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ *:~ 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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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :*~ 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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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :*~ 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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§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :*~ 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 :~* ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ :*~ 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. *~: ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨§¨ ~*: 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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