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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. ,†, ##££%*†=,,
,,,=†*%££# ,,,,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,,,, #££%*†=,,,
,,,,=†*%££ ££%*†=,,,,
,,,,,=†*%£ ,,,,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,,,, £%*†=,,,,,
,,,,=†*%££ ,,† 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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