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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. =/, ,,=/=§#@##
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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 /,= ,,=/=§#@##
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#======,,, ,/= ARCANE DEITY. ,=/ ,,,======#
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##@#§=/=,, =,/ WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR ITS =/, ,,=/=§#@##
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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 ,/= ,,=/=§#@##
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##@#§=/=,, /=, 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 =,/ ,,=/=§#@##
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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 ,/= ,,,==/=§#@
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