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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. ^-† ,@,@,@,,@,
@,@,@@,@,@ ^-†----------------------------------^†- @@,@,@,@@,
@,@,,@,@,@ ^†- 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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