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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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