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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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