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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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,,,,,,¤,,¤ -:† 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. -:† ¤,¤¤¤¤¤,¤,
,,,¤,¤¤¤¤, -:†----------------------------------:-† ¤¤,,,,¤¤¤¤
,,¤¤¤,,,¤, :-† 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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¤,¤¤,,¤,¤, ,:† in twenty fourteen, the tower is †-: ,,¤,,,¤¤¤¤
¤¤,¤,¤¤¤¤¤ -†: 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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¤,,¤¤,,¤¤¤ -:† iirc it's currently owned by †-: ¤,¤,¤¤¤,¤,
¤,¤,¤,¤,,, -†: some energy drink baron who uses †:- ¤¤¤¤,,¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,,, †-: it to hold all his fourty eight :†- ,,,¤,¤,,,,
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