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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨, /,» 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,»/% ,/» 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 /,» ##@§%/»,¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,»/%§@ »,/ 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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¨¨¨¨¨,»/%§ /,» 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨,»/% ,/» 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 ,»/ ##@§%/»,¨¨
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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. /», §%/»,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,»/%§@# /», TIMESHARE SCAM. GOONS ARE PLACED ,/» #@§%/»,¨¨¨
¨¨,»/%§@## /,» OUTSIDE, AND WE GET BEATEN UP A ,»/ ##@§%/»,¨¨
¨,»/%§@### ,/» FEW TIMES, AND STOP GOING. »,/ ###@§%/»,¨
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¨¨¨¨,»/%§@ »/, SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES /,» @§%/»,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,»/%§ /», IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ,/» §%/»,¨¨¨¨¨
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