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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. :-. ##@¤§:-.,,
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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. .-: .,,,,,,,,,
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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. .-: .,,,,,,,,,
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,,,,,,,.-: .:- 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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,,,,.-:§¤@ ,.: 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. :-. @¤§:-.,,,,
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,,,,,,.-:§ :-. 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 .:- ##@¤§:-.,,
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