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£#$§«,,,,, †,« benevolent spire, towering well ,†« ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, ,†« above our tallest trees. it was ,«† ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, ,«† clad in white scales, and shaped «,† ,,,«§$#£@#
##@£#$§«,, «,† liked a mushroom. «†, ,,«§$#£@##
#@£#$§«,,, «†, we loved it dearly. †«, ,,,«§$#£@#
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£#$§«,,,,, †,« it predated us by many years, ,†« ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, ,†« and we did not know its original ,«† ,,,,,,«§$#
$§«,,,,,,, ,«† builders. they had used its «,† ,,,,,,,«§$
#$§«,,,,,, «,† hollow body for many strange «†, ,,,,,,«§$#
£#$§«,,,,, «†, purposes - a womblike place of †«, ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, †«, gestation, a storage of strage †,« ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, †,« fluids, a temple to some kind of ,†« ,,,«§$#£@#
##@£#$§«,, ,†« arcane deity. ,«† ,,«§$#£@##
#@£#$§«,,, ,«†«««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,† ,,,«§$#£@#
@£#$§«,,,, «,† we were grateful for its «†, ,,,,«§$#£@
£#$§«,,,,, «†, presence, and honored it the †«, ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, †«, only way we knew how: by †,« ,,,,,,«§$#
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##@£#$§«,, ,«† this place we called our city: ,†« ,,«§$#£@##
#@£#$§«,,, ,†« wavy and fractured, with each †,« ,,,«§$#£@#
@£#$§«,,,, †,« courtyard on a different height, †«, ,,,,«§$#£@
£#$§«,,,,, †«, roads becoming roofs becoming «†, ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, «†, drains. and some places, like «,† ,,,,,,«§$#
$§«,,,,,,, «,† the spire, nobody had accessed ,«† ,,,,,,,«§$
#$§«,,,,,, ,«† for many years. once its walls ,†« ,,,,,,«§$#
£#$§«,,,,, ,†« are just too high, and the †,« ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, †,« internal routes to labyrinthine, †«, ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, †«, a place among others is easily «†, ,,,«§$#£@#
##@£#$§«,, «†, overlooked. ,«† ,,«§$#£@##
#@£#$§«,,, ,«†««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,†« ,,,«§$#£@#
@£#$§«,,,, ,†« so, basically, that summer the †,« ,,,,«§$#£@
£#$§«,,,,, †,« four of us snuck and climbed and «,† ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, †«, crawled for weeks, searching for «†, ,,,,,,«§$#
$§«,,,,,,, «†, a secluded place to do drugs and «,† ,,,,,,,«§$
#$§«,,,,,, «,† play music on our handhelds. ,«† ,,,,,,«§$#
£#$§«,,,,, ,«† instead we found vast lungs ,†« ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, ,†« drained of their catalyst †,« ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, †,« sludge, and a birds-eye view to †«, ,,,«§$#£@#
##@£#$§«,, †«, make sense of our roamings for «†, ,,«§$#£@##
#@£#$§«,,, «†, years to come. «,† ,,,«§$#£@#
@£#$§«,,,, «,†««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,«† ,,,,«§$#£@
£#$§«,,,,, ,«† a central spine, a staircase ,†« ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, ,†« around it, the seven toroidal †,« ,,,,,,«§$#
$§«,,,,,,, †,« lungs stacked outside, and the †«, ,,,,,,,«§$
#$§«,,,,,, †«, control room on top. the sockets «†, ,,,,,,«§$#
£#$§«,,,,, «†, for its eyes. the smaller spires «,† ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, «,† for radiating consciousness ,«† ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, ,«† invitations. ,†, ,,,«§$#£@#
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£#$§«,,,,, ,,† in twenty fourteen, the tower is †«, ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, «†, toppled and eaten by machines. †,« ,,,,,,«§$#
$§«,,,,,,, †«, after a while, something new is ,†« ,,,,,,,«§$
#$§«,,,,,, †,« conjured in its place. it's a ,«† ,,,,,,«§$#
£#$§«,,,,, ,†« tiny maw at first, shorter than «,† ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, ,«† us, and we let it be. our «†, ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, «,† journeys still end at its feet. †«, ,,,«§$#£@#
##@£#$§«,, «†,««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««†,« ,,«§$#£@##
#@£#$§«,,, †«, but then we are betrayed. the ,†« ,,,«§$#£@#
@£#$§«,,,, †,« new tower eats us. others are ,«† ,,,,«§$#£@
£#$§«,,,,, ,†« sucked inside. new buildings are «,† ,,,,,«§$#£
#$§«,,,,,, ,«† manifested overnight, only to «†, ,,,,,,«§$#
$§«,,,,,,, «,† disappear in the evening fog. †«, ,,,,,,,«§$
#$§«,,,,,, «†, for a while its some kind of †,« ,,,,,,«§$#
£#$§«,,,,, †«, timeshare scam. goons are placed ,†« ,,,,,«§$#£
@£#$§«,,,, †,« outside, and we get beaten up a ,«† ,,,,«§$#£@
#@£#$§«,,, ,†« few times, and stop going. «,† ,,,«§$#£@#
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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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