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,,,,,,,,,, *«. Once Upon A Time, There Was A *.« ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, *.« 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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&@=«.,,,,, «*. 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. .«* ,,.«=@&###
####&@=«., .«*««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««.*« ,.«=@&####
###&@=«.,, .*« 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. «.* ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, «.*««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««.«* ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, .«* 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 .«* ,,,,.«=@&#
&@=«.,,,,, .*« Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than «.* ,,,,,.«=@&
@=«.,,,,,, .«* 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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