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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 ,*~ &,,&,&&,,&
,&&,,,,,,& ,,~ Cars..... ,~, &,&&&,&,&&
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