,,=†%¤@#@#                                          #@#@¤%†=,,
,,,=†%¤@#@                                          @#@¤%†=,,,
,,,,=†%¤@#                                          #@¤%†=,,,,
,,,=†%¤@#@                                          @#@¤%†=,,,
,,=†%¤@#@#                                          #@#@¤%†=,,
,,,=†%¤@#@ ,,,,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,,,, @#@¤%†=,,,
,,,,=†%¤@# ,,†            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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