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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. ,»/ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,»/»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»,/ ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, »,/ 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. ,/, ,,»/*¤@@##
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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. /», ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, »/,»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»/,» ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, /», 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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