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,,,-^$$@@# ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## ,,^ The Spire -^, ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^,----------------------------------^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-, Once Upon A Time, There Was A ^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ^,- Benevolent Spire, Towering Well ,^- @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,^- Above Our Tallest Trees. It Was ,-^ @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,-^ Clad In White Scales, And Shaped -,^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -,^ Liked A Mushroom. -^, ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^, We Loved It Dearly. ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-,----------------------------------^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ^,- It Predated Us By Many Years, ,^- @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,^- And We Did Not Know Its Original ,-^ @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,-^ Builders. They Had Used Its -,^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -,^ Hollow Body For Many Strange -^, ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^, Purposes - A Womblike Place Of ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-, Gestation, A Storage Of Strage ^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ^,- Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of ,^- @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,^- Arcane Deity. ,-^ @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,-^-----------------------------------,^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -,^ We Were Grateful For Its -^, ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^, Presence, And Honored It The ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-, Only Way We Knew How: By ^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ,,- Breaking In. ,-, @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, @@$$^-,,,,
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,,,,-^$$@@ ,-^ This Place We Called Our City: ,^- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ,^- Wavy And Fractured, With Each ^,- @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^,- Courtyard On A Different Height, ^-, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# ^-, Roads Becoming Roofs Becoming -^, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -^, Drains. And Some Places, Like -,^ ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# -,^ The Spire, Nobody Had Accessed ,-^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,-^ For Many Years. Once Its Walls ,^- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ,^- Are Just Too High, And The ^,- @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^,- Internal Routes To Labyrinthine, ^-, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# ^-, A Place Among Others Is Easily -^, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -^, Overlooked. ,-^ ##@@$$^-,,
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,,,,-^$$@@ ,^- So, Basically, That Summer The ^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ^,- Four Of Us Snuck And Climbed And -,^ @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-, Crawled For Weeks, Searching For -^, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^, A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And -,^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -,^ Play Music On Our Handhelds. ,-^ ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,-^ Instead We Found Vast Lungs ,^- #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,^- Drained Of Their Catalyst ^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ^,- Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To ^-, @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-, Make Sense Of Our Roamings For -^, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^, Years To Come. -,^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -,^----------------------------------,-^ ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,-^ A Central Spine, A Staircase ,^- #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,^- Around It, The Seven Toroidal ^,- @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ^,- Lungs Stacked Outside, And The ^-, @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^-, Control Room On Top. The Sockets -^, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# -^, For Its Eyes. The Smaller Spires -,^ #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -,^ For Radiating Consciousness ,-^ ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,-^ Invitations. ,^, #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, @@$$^-,,,,
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,,,,-^$$@@ ,,,,,,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^,,,,,, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# ,,^ In Twenty fourteen, The Tower Is ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -^, Toppled And Eaten By Machines. ^,- ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ^-, After A While, Something New Is ,^- #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^,- Conjured In Its Place. It'S A ,-^ @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ,^- Tiny Maw At First, Shorter Than -,^ @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,-^ Us, And We Let It Be. Our -^, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# -,^ Journeys Still End At Its Feet. ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -^,----------------------------------^,- ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ^-, But Then We Are Betrayed. The ,^- #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^,- New Tower Eats Us. Others Are ,-^ @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ,^- Sucked Inside. New Buildings Are -,^ @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,-^ Manifested Overnight, Only To -^, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# -,^ Disappear In The Evening Fog. ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -^, For A While Its Some Kind Of ^,- ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ^-, Timeshare Scam. Goons Are Placed ,^- #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ^,- Outside, And We Get Beaten Up A ,-^ @@$$^-,,,,
,,,,,-^$$@ ,^- Few Times, And Stop Going. -,^ @$$^-,,,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,-^-----------------------------------^, @@$$^-,,,,
,,,-^$$@@# -,^ Iirc It'S Currently Owned By ^-, #@@$$^-,,,
,,-^$$@@## -^, Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses ^,- ##@@$$^-,,
,,,-^$$@@# ^-, It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ,^- #@@$$^-,,,
,,,,-^$$@@ ,,- Cars..... ,-, @@$$^-,,,,
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