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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. ;-- ,,¤,,,,,,¤
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,¤¤,¤¤,¤¤¤ ;-- 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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,¤¤¤¤,¤,¤¤ --; IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY ;-- ,¤¤,,¤¤¤,¤
¤,,,¤¤¤¤,, -;- SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES ;-- ¤,¤,¤,,¤¤¤
¤,,¤,,,¤,¤ ;-- IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT -;- ¤¤¤¤¤,¤,,,
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