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%/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨ /,- 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. ,-/ ¨,-/%¤¤@@#
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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. -,/ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/%
¤%/-,¨¨¨¨¨ -,/----------------------------------,-/ ¨¨¨¨¨,-/%¤
¤¤%/-,¨¨¨¨ ,-/ 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. -,/ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/%
/-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ,-/-----------------------------------/, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-/
-,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -,/ Iirc It'S Currently Owned By /-, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,-
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ -/, Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses /,- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ /-, It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ,/- ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨,- Cars..... ,-¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,
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