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»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;-» Benevolent Spire, Towering Well -;» ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»
;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -;» Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was -»; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;
†;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ -»; Clad In White Scales, And Shaped »-; ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;†
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#&†;»-¨¨¨¨ »;- Purposes - A Womblike Place Of ;»- ¨¨¨¨-»;†
&†;»-¨¨¨¨¨ ;»- Gestation, A Storage Of Strage ;-» ¨¨¨¨¨-»;†&
†;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;-» Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of -;» ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;†
;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -;» Arcane Deity. -»; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;
»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -»;»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»-; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ »;- Presence, And Honored It The ;»- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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#&†;»-¨¨¨¨ -;» Wavy And Fractured, With Each ;-» ¨¨¨¨-»;†
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#@#&†;»-¨¨ ;»- Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming »;- ¨¨-»;†@#
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&†;»-¨¨¨¨¨ ;-» Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ;»- ¨¨¨¨¨-»;†&
†;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;»- A Place Among Others Is Easily »;- ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;†
;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ »;- Overlooked. -»; ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;
»-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -»;»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»-;» ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-»
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;-» 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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#@#&†;»-¨¨ ;-» 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;»- After A While, Something New Is -;» ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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##@#&†;»-¨ -»; Manifested Overnight, Only To »;- ¨-»;†@##
#@#&†;»-¨¨ »-; Disappear In The Evening Fog. ;»- ¨¨-»;†@#
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#&†;»-¨¨¨¨ ;»- Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed -;» ¨¨¨¨-»;†
&†;»-¨¨¨¨¨ ;-» Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A -»; ¨¨¨¨¨-»;†&
†;»-¨¨¨¨¨¨ -;» Few Times, And Stop Going. »-; ¨¨¨¨¨¨-»;†
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ;»- It To Hold All His Fourty Eight -;» ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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