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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. .-* ¨¨§¨§¨¨§§¨
§§¨§§§§¨§¨ .-*-----------------------------------.* ¨§§§§¨§¨§¨
¨§§¨¨¨§§§¨ -.* WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR ITS -*. §¨¨¨§§§§§§
§¨§¨¨§¨¨§¨ -*. PRESENCE, AND HONORED IT THE *-. §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§§§¨§§¨§§¨ *-. ONLY WAY WE KNEW HOW: BY *.- §¨§§¨¨¨¨§¨
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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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