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@,@,,@,@,@ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,,^ the spire ~^, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ~^,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^~, once upon a time, there was a ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^,~ benevolent spire, towering well ,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,^~ above our tallest trees. it was ,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,~^ clad in white scales, and shaped ~,^ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~,^ liked a mushroom. ~^, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ~^, we loved it dearly. ^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^~,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^,~ 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. ,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,^ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~,^ we were grateful for its ~^, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ~^, presence, and honored it the ^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^~, only way we knew how: by ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,,~ breaking in. ,~, ,@,@,@,@,@
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@,@,@@,@,@ ,~^ this place we called our city: ,^~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,^~ 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 ,^~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,^~ are just too high, and the ^,~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^,~ internal routes to labyrinthine, ^~, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^~, a place among others is easily ~^, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~^, overlooked. ,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,^~ so, basically, that summer the ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^,~ 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. ~,^ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~,^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,~^ a central spine, a staircase ,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,^~ around it, the seven toroidal ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^,~ 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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@,@,@@,@,@ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,,^ in twenty fourteen, the tower is ^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~^, toppled and eaten by machines. ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^~, after a while, something new is ,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^,~ conjured in its place. it's a ,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,^~ tiny maw at first, shorter than ~,^ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,~^ us, and we let it be. our ~^, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ~,^ journeys still end at its feet. ^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~^,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^~, but then we are betrayed. the ,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^,~ new tower eats us. others are ,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,^~ sucked inside. new buildings are ~,^ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,~^ manifested overnight, only to ~^, @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ~,^ disappear in the evening fog. ^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~^, for a while its some kind of ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^~, timeshare scam. goons are placed ,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ^,~ outside, and we get beaten up a ,~^ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ,^~ few times, and stop going. ~,^ ,@,@,@,@,@
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@,@,,@,@,@ ~,^ iirc it's currently owned by ^~, ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ~^, some energy drink baron who uses ^,~ @@,@,@,@,,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^~, it to hold all his fourty eight ,^~ ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@@,@,@ ,,~ cars..... ,~, @@,@,@,@,,
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