###§*=†«,¨                                          ¨,«†=*§###
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#§*=†«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«†=*§#
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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.       ,«¨ ¨¨¨¨,«†=*§
#§*=†«,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,«†=*§#
##§*=†«,¨¨                                          ¨¨,«†=*§##
###§*=†«,¨                                          ¨,«†=*§###
##§*=†«,¨¨ ¨¨¨,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,¨¨¨ ¨¨,«†=*§##
#§*=†«,¨¨¨ ¨«†  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.           ,†¨ ¨¨,«†=*§##
#§*=†«,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,«†=*§#
§*=†«,¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨,«†=*§
#§*=†«,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,«†=*§#
##§*=†«,¨¨ ¨,† 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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###§*=†«,¨                                          ¨,«†=*§###
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#§*=†«,¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨,«†=*§#