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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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