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#@@§£^†~,, †,~ Benevolent  Spire, Towering Well ,†~ ,,~†^£§@@#
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#@@§£^†~,, ~,†       Liked   A  Mushroom.       ~†, ,,~†^£§@@#
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@§§£^~,,,, †,~ It  Predated Us  By Many  Years, ,†~ ,,,,~^£§§@
@@@§£^†~,, ,†~ And We Did Not Know Its Original ,~† ,,~†^£§@@@
@@@§£^†~,, ,~†  Builders.  They  Had  Used Its  ~,† ,,~†^£§@@@
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##@@§£†~,, ~†, Purposes - A  Womblike  Place Of †~, ,,~†£§@@##
#@@§£^†~,, †~, Gestation, A  Storage Of Strage  †,~ ,,~†^£§@@#
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#@@§£^†~,, ,†~    Arcane   Deity.               ,~† ,,~†^£§@@#
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#@@§£^†~,, ~,†   We  Were   Grateful  For  Its  ~†, ,,~†^£§@@#
#@@§£^†~,, ~†, Presence,  And  Honored  It The  †~, ,,~†^£§@@#
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##@§£^†~,, †~,  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  †,~ ,,,,~~†^§§
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##@§£^†~,, ~,†  Play Music On Our  Handhelds.   ,~† ,,~†^£§@##
@@@§£^†~,, ,~†  Instead  We Found  Vast  Lungs  ,†~ ,,~†^£§@@@
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@@@§£^†~,, †~, Make  Sense Of Our Roamings  For ~†, ,,~†^£§@@@
@@@§£^†~,, ~†,         Years  To   Come.        ~,† ,,~†^£§@@@
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@@§£††,,,, †,~  Lungs Stacked  Outside, And The †~, ,,,,††£§@@
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#@@§£^†~,, †,~ New Tower Eats  Us.  Others  Are ,~† ,,~†^£§@@#
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