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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. ~~† ¤,,¤¤,,¤¤,
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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 ~~† ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,~† 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. †~~ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ~†~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†~~ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ †~~ 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 ~†~ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,~~ Cars..... ~~, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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