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,,»†***£££ †,» 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. »,† ##¶£**†»,,
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,,»†**£¶¶¶ ,»† 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 †», #¶£*»,,,,,
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,,,,»†*£££ †», it to hold all his fourty eight ,†» £££*†»,,,,
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