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,,,,,,=/$# ,/= ABOVE OUR TALLEST TREES. IT WAS ,=/ #$/=,,,,,,
,,=/§$#### ,=/ CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED =,/ ####$§/=,,
,,,,/§§### =,/ LIKED A MUSHROOM. =/, ###§§/,,,,
,,=/§$#### =/, WE LOVED IT DEARLY. /=, ####$§/=,,
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,,=/§$$##@ /,= IT PREDATED US BY MANY YEARS, ,/= @##$$§/=,,
,,=/§$#@## ,/= AND WE DID NOT KNOW ITS ORIGINAL ,=/ ##@#$§/=,,
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,,=/§$#@## =,/ HOLLOW BODY FOR MANY STRANGE =/, ##@#$§/=,,
,,,,,=§$@@ =/, PURPOSES - A WOMBLIKE PLACE OF /=, @@$§=,,,,,
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,,,,,,=§§# /,= FLUIDS, A TEMPLE TO SOME KIND OF ,/= #§§=,,,,,,
,,=/§$#### ,/= ARCANE DEITY. ,=/ ####$§/=,,
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,,=/§$#@## =,/ WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR ITS =/, ##@#$§/=,,
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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 =/, ###§===,,,
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,,=/§#@### /=, CRAWLED FOR WEEKS, SEARCHING FOR =/, ###@#§/=,,
,,=/§$#@## =/, A SECLUDED PLACE TO DO DRUGS AND =,/ ##@#$§/=,,
,,=/§$$$## =,/ PLAY MUSIC ON OUR HANDHELDS. ,=/ ##$$$§/=,,
,,=/§$#@## ,=/ INSTEAD WE FOUND VAST LUNGS ,/= ##@#$§/=,,
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,,=/§$#@## =/, YEARS TO COME. =,/ ##@#$§/=,,
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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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,,,,,,/$@@ ,,/ IN TWENTY FOURTEEN, THE TOWER IS /=, @@$/,,,,,,
,,=/$#@### =/, TOPPLED AND EATEN BY MACHINES. /,= ###@#$/=,,
,,,,==§#@# /=, 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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,,=/§$#@@# ,/= SUCKED INSIDE. NEW BUILDINGS ARE =,/ #@@#$§/=,,
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,,,=/§§§$# =/, FOR A WHILE ITS SOME KIND OF /,= #$§§§/=,,,
,,=/§$#@## /=, TIMESHARE SCAM. GOONS ARE PLACED ,/= ##@#$§/=,,
,,=/§$##@# /,= OUTSIDE, AND WE GET BEATEN UP A ,=/ #@##$§/=,,
,,,,==/$$@ ,/= FEW TIMES, AND STOP GOING. =,/ @$$/==,,,,
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,,=/§$@### =,/ IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY /=, ###@$§/=,,
,,,,,,=§#@ =/, SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES /,= @#§=,,,,,,
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