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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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¨,-*%¤¤¤## *,- 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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¨¨¨--**¤¤¤ ¨-* 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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¨¨¨¨¨,-%¤¤ ,*- 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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¨,-*%¤¤### ,-* 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 ,-* #¤¤*--¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,-**%¤ *-, 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 -*, ##¤**-¨¨¨¨
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¨,-*%¤¤¤## *-, Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed ,*- ##¤¤¤%*-,¨
¨,-*%¤¤### *,- Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A ,-* ###¤¤%*-,¨
¨,-*%¤¤### ,*- Few Times, And Stop Going. -,* ###¤¤%*-,¨
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