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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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