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@@@£@%/«^, /«^ Once Upon A Time, There Was A    /^« ,^«/%@£@@@
@££%««,,,, /^« Benevolent Spire,  Towering Well ^/« ,,,,««%££@
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#@@£@%/«^, «^/       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 /^« ,^«/%@£@##
##@@£%/«^, /^« Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of ^/« ,^«/%£@@##
@@@£@%/«^, ^/«   Arcane    Deity.               ^«/ ,^«/%@£@@@
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#@@£@%/«^, «^/   We  Were  Grateful   For  Its  «/^ ,^«/%@£@@#
£££@@%/«^, «/^  Presence,  And  Honored It The  /«^ ,^«/%@@£££
#@@£@%/«^, /«^  Only  Way  We  Knew  How:  By   /^« ,^«/%@£@@#
#@@£@%/«^, ,^«       Breaking        In.        ^«, ,^«/%@£@@#
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@££%%%/«^, /^« 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 ^«/ ,,,,,«%%%£
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@@@%«^,,,, ^«/  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 /^« ,^«/%@£@@#
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##@£@%/«^, /^« Outside, And We Get  Beaten Up A ^«/ ,^«/%@£@##
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