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,^-=*¤£### ,^=            THE  SPIRE            -=, ###£¤*=-^,
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,^-=*¤£### =-^ 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.                ^-= #£***==-^,
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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.        -^= ###£¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤£££# -^=----------------------------------^-= #£££¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤£### ^-=  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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,,,^==*££# -^=  IIRC  IT'S  CURRENTLY OWNED BY  =-^ #££*==^,,,
,^-=*¤£### -=^ SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES =^- ###£¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤£### =-^ IT  TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ^=- ###£¤*=-^,
,^-=*¤£### ,^-             CARS.....            ^-, ###£¤*=-^,
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