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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^-\ builders. they had used its -^\ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -^\ hollow body for many strange -\^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
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†\-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ \-^ gestation, a storage of strage \^- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-\†
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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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†\-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^\- drained of their catalyst \^- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-\†
\-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ \^- sludge, and a birds-eye view to \-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-\
-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ \-^ make sense of our roamings for -\^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -\^ years to come. -^\ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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†\-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^\- around it, the seven toroidal \^- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-\†
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -^\ journeys still end at its feet. \-^ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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†\-¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ \^- new tower eats us. others are ^-\ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-\†
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#@£†\-¨¨¨¨ -^\ disappear in the evening fog. \-^ ¨¨¨¨-\†£@#
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###@£†\-¨¨ ^\- few times, and stop going. -^\ ¨¨-\†£@###
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