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#§@$\=~,,, ,~\            The  Spire            =\, ,,,~=\$@§#
##§@$\=~,, =\~==================================\=~ ,,~=\$@§##
###§@$\=~, \=~ Once Upon A Time, There Was A    \~= ,~=\$@§###
##§@$\=~,, \~= 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.            ~=\ ,,,~=\$@§#
##§@$\=~,, ~=\==================================~\= ,,~=\$@§##
###§@$\=~, ~\= 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.  =~\ ,,~=\$@§##
#§@$\=~,,, ~=\===================================\~ ,,,~=\$@§#
##§@$\=~,, =~\ Iirc  It'S  Currently  Owned By  \=~ ,,~=\$@§##
###§@$\=~, =\~ Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses \~= ,~=\$@§###
##§@$\=~,, \=~ It To Hold All His Fourty Eight  ~\= ,,~=\$@§##
#§@$\=~,,, ,~=             Cars.....            ~=, ,,,~=\$@§#
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