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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. :~\ ¶£%%\\\~:,
,:~\%¤¤¤¶@ :~\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~:\ @¶¤¤¤%\~:,
,,,,,:~%%£ ~:\ 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. ~:\ #@¶£¤%\~:,
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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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,,,,,~\¤¤£ £¤¤\~,,,,,
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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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