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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. ~,* §¨§¨¨¨¨¨§§
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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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