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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. =«: ¤,¤¤,,¤¤,¤
¤¤,¤¤¤¤¤¤, =«:««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««=:« ¤¤¤,¤,¤,¤¤
,,¤¤,,,,,¤ =:« 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 =:« ¤¤,,,¤¤¤¤¤
,,,,¤,¤,¤, ,:« 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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