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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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§¨§¨§¨§¨¨§ ;~^ It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ^;~ ¨¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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