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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. »:; ¤,,,¤,,¤,¤
,¤¤,¤¤¤¤,¤ »:;»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»:»; ¤,,¤¤,¤¤¤,
¤,¤¤,,,¤¤¤ :»; 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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