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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. -^^ #@@&£%^-^,
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,,,,,,-^%& ^^- 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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,^-^%£&@## -^^ 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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