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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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