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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.       «\, #@#¤&$\«,,
,,,,,,\&## «\,      We  Loved  It  Dearly.      \«, ##&\,,,,,,
,,«\$&&¤¤# \«,««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««\,« #¤¤&&$\«,,
,,«\$&¤#@# \,« 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  «\, ###¤&$\«,,
,,«\$&¤#@# «,\ Journeys Still End At Its  Feet. \«, #@#¤&$\«,,
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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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,,«\$&¤#@# «\, Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses \,« #@#¤&$\«,,
,,,,,,««$¤ \«, It  To Hold All His Fourty Eight ,\« ¤$««,,,,,,
,,«\$&¤#@# ,,«            Cars.....             ,«, #@#¤&$\«,,
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