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¨^-***¤### *^- Benevolent Spire, Towering Well ^*- ###¤***-^¨
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¨¨¨¨^***¤# ^-* 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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¨^-*****## ^*- 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 ^*- ###¤***-^¨
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¨^-***¤### *^- Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, *-^ ###¤***-^¨
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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 ^*- ###¤***-^¨
¨^-******# ^*- Drained Of Their Catalyst *^- #******-^¨
¨^-***¤### *^- Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To *-^ ###¤***-^¨
¨^-****¤## *-^ Make Sense Of Our Roamings For -*^ ##¤****-^¨
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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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¨¨¨¨^***## ^*- Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than -^* ##***^¨¨¨¨
¨^^^-***## ^-* Us, And We Let It Be. Our -*^ ##***-^^^¨
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¨^-***¤### ^*- Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are -^* ###¤***-^¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-*¤ ^-* Manifested Overnight, Only To -*^ ¤*-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨^-***¤### -^* Disappear In The Evening Fog. *-^ ###¤***-^¨
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