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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. /-, ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
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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 /,- ¨@¨@¨@¨@¨@
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