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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 ,/~ ,,,,,~//%@
#@#@%†/~,, ,,~ Cars..... ,~, ,,~/†%@#@#
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