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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. -:; ##@#¤§;-:,
:-;§¤#@### :-;-----------------------------------;: ###@#¤§;-:
,:-;§¤#@## -:; IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY ;-: ##@#¤§;-:,
,,:-;§¤#@# -;: SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES ;:- #@#¤§;-:,,
,,,:-;§¤#@ ;-: IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT :;- @#¤§;-:,,,
,,,,:-;§¤# ,:- CARS..... :-, #¤§;-:,,,,
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