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§¨¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ~/^ We Loved It Dearly. /~^ ¨¨¨¨§§§§¨¨
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¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ ^/~ And We Did Not Know Its Original ^~/ ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨§
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§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~/^ Purposes - A Womblike Place Of /~^ §§§§§§¨¨§§
§§¨¨§§§§§¨ /~^ Gestation, A Storage Of Strage /^~ §§§§§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ /^~ Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of ^/~ §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ ^/~ Arcane Deity. ^~/ §§§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨§§§§¨¨§¨¨ /~^ Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming ~/^ ¨¨¨§§§§§§¨
¨¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§ ~/^ Drains. And Some Places, Like ~^/ §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
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§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^/~ Are Just Too High, And The /^~ §§§¨¨§§§§§
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§¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨ /^~ Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To /~^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
¨¨§§¨¨§¨¨§ /~^ Make Sense Of Our Roamings For ~/^ §§§§§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~/^ Years To Come. ~^/ §§§§§¨¨¨¨¨
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§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§ ^~/ Us, And We Let It Be. Our ~/^ §§§§¨¨¨¨§§
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