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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.        ~,/ §§%%~,,,,,
,,,,~%£££@ ~,/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,~/ @£££%~,,,,
,,~/%£§@## ,~/ 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.  ~,/ ##@§£%/~,,
,,~/%§@### ,~/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/, ###@§%/~,,
,,~/%£§@## ~,/  Iirc  It'S Currently  Owned  By /~, ##@§£%/~,,
,,,,,,/££§ ~/, Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses /,~ §££/,,,,,,
,,,,,~%£§# /~, It To Hold  All His Fourty Eight ,/~ #§£%~,,,,,
,,~/%£§@## ,,~            Cars.....             ,~, ##@§£%/~,,
,,~~/%%§§# ,,,,,,////////////////////////////,,,,,, #§§%%/~~,,
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