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§.§.§.§§.§ .^\ THE SPIRE ~\. §.§.§§..§.
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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. \~^ §.§..§.§§.
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§.§.§..§.§ \^~ 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. ^~\ §.§.§§..§.
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§.§.§.§§.§ ^\~ 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. ~^\ §.§..§.§§.
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§.§.§..§.§ ^~\ 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 \^~ §.§.§§..§.
§.§.§..§.§ \~^ IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ^\~ §.§..§.§§.
§.§.§.§§.§ .^~ CARS..... ^~. §.§.§§..§.
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