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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.  -,\ §§§¨§¨§¨¨§
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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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