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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. ~:= ¤..¤.¤¤.¤¤
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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 =~: ¤..¤.¤¤.¤¤
.¤..¤..¤.¤ ~=: some energy drink baron who uses =:~ ¤.¤¤..¤..¤
.¤.¤¤.¤¤.¤ =~: it to hold all his fourty eight :=~ ¤..¤.¤¤.¤¤
.¤..¤..¤.¤ .:~ cars..... :~. ¤.¤¤..¤..¤
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