,£,,£,££,, £,£,,,,,,,
,££,£££,£, ££££,,,,,,
,£,££,,£££ £,,,£,,,,,
,£££,£,£,, ££,,££,,,,
,£,,£££££, £,£,£,£,,,
,££,£,,,,£ ,,,~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~,,, ££££££££,,
,£,£££,,,£ ,~: 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. ~«, £££,£,££,£
,,£,,££,££ ,,,~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~,,, ,,,££££,££
£,££,£,££, ,,,£,,,££,
£££,££££,£ £,,££,,£,£
,,,££,,,££ ,,,~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~,,, ££,£,£,£££
£,,£,£,,£, ,«: 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. ~:, ,££,£,£,£,
£,££,£,,££ ,,,~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~,,, ,£,£££££££
,££,£££,£, ££££,,,,,,
,£,££,,£££ ,,,~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~,,, £,,,£,,,,,
,£££,£,£,, ,~: 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..... ~«, ,,££££,£,,
,£,£,,,,£, ,,,~~~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::~~~,,, ,,£,,,£££,
,££££,,,££ £,££,,£,,£
££,,,£,,£, £££,£,££,£
,,£,,££,££ ,,,££££,££
£,££,£,££, ,,,£,,,££,
£££,££££,£ £,,££,,£,£