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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. «^= §,,§,§,§,§
,§,§,§§,§, ^«=«««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««=^ §,§§,§,§,§
,§,§,,§,§, «^= Iirc It'S Currently Owned By =«^ §,,§,§,§,§
,§,§,§§,§, «=^ Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses =^« §,§§,§,§,§
,§,§,,§,§, =«^ It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ^=« §,,§,§,§,§
,§,§,§§,§, ,^« Cars..... ^«, §,§§,§,§,§
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