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,,,¤,,,¤¤¤ ,,: THE SPIRE -:, ¤,¤,¤,,¤,,
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,,,¤,¤,¤¤, :-, 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. :-, ,,,¤,,,,¤¤
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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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,,¤¤,¤,¤,¤ ,-: 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. ,-: ¤,,,¤,,¤¤¤
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,,,¤,¤¤¤¤, ,:- 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. -,: ,,,¤¤,,,¤¤
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,,,¤¤¤,,,, ,-: 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. :-, ,,¤,,,¤,¤¤
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,¤¤¤¤,,,¤, :-, 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 ,:- ¤,¤,,¤¤,¤,
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