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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. †=, ,,=†*£&@##
##@&£*†=,, †=,==================================†,= ,,=†*£&@##
##@&£*†=,, †,= 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. ,=† ,,,,=**£&&
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&*†,,,,,,, =,† 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. ,=† ,,=†*£&@@#
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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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##@&£*†=,, †=, it to hold all his fourty eight ,†= ,,=†*£&@##
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