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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. /«, ,,#,##,,#,
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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 ,/« ,,,,,,,,,,
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