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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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§§¨§¨§¨§¨§ «-^ Iirc It'S Currently Owned By ^«- ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ «^- Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses ^-« ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
§§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ^«- It To Hold All His Fourty Eight -^« ¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨-« Cars..... -«¨ ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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