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#§£†«~¨¨¨¨ †~« benevolent spire, towering well ~†« ¨¨¨¨~«†£§#
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#@#§£†«~¨¨ †~« fluids, a temple to some kind of ~†« ¨¨~«†£§#@#
##@#§£†«~¨ ~†« arcane deity. ~«† ¨~«†£§#@##
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#§£†«~¨¨¨¨ «†~ presence, and honored it the †«~ ¨¨¨¨~«†£§#
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§£†«~¨¨¨¨¨ †~« courtyard on a different height, †«~ ¨¨¨¨¨~«†£§
#§£†«~¨¨¨¨ †«~ roads becoming roofs becoming «†~ ¨¨¨¨~«†£§#
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#§£†«~¨¨¨¨ †«~ 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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#§£†«~¨¨¨¨ †~« sludge, and a birds-eye view to †«~ ¨¨¨¨~«†£§#
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#§£†«~¨¨¨¨ †~« lungs stacked outside, and the †«~ ¨¨¨¨~«†£§#
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