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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 ,:- ,@,@,@,@,@
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