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,,«;§@£¶@# ;,« BENEVOLENT SPIRE, TOWERING WELL ,;« #@¶£@§;«,,
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,,,,,,«§@£ ,«; CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED «,; £@§«,,,,,,
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,,«;§@£¶@# ,;« 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 ;,« #@¶£@§;«,,
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,,«;§§§§££ «;, PRESENCE, AND HONORED IT THE ;«, ££§§§§;«,,
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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, ;«, ££§§§§;«,,
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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 ;«, ##@¶£§;«,,
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,,«;§@£¶@# «;, YEARS TO COME. «,; #@¶£@§;«,,
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,,«;§@£¶@# ;,« LUNGS STACKED OUTSIDE, AND THE ;«, #@¶£@§;«,,
,,«;§@£¶@# ;«, CONTROL ROOM ON TOP. THE SOCKETS «;, #@¶£@§;«,,
,,«;§@£¶@# «;, FOR ITS EYES. THE SMALLER SPIRES «,; #@¶£@§;«,,
,,,,«;;@£@ «,; FOR RADIATING CONSCIOUSNESS ,«; @£@;;«,,,,
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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 «,; #@¶£@§;«,,
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,,«;§@£¶@# ;,« OUTSIDE, AND WE GET BEATEN UP A ,«; #@¶£@§;«,,
,,«;§@£¶¶¶ ,;« FEW TIMES, AND STOP GOING. «,; ¶¶¶£@§;«,,
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