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¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨ /,« 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. ,«/ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨
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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. ,«/ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨
¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¨ ,«/««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««,/« ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ,/« 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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¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ «/, 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 ,/« ¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤¨¤
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