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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. :-, @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ ,,,:::^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:::,,, @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ ,,,:::^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:::,,, @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ ,-^ 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. :^, @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ ,,,:::^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:::,,, @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ @,@,@,@,@,
,@,@,@,@,@ ,,,:::^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^:::,,, @,@,@,@,@,
@@,@,@,@,@ ,:^ 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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