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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.      :«, ##@¤*:«,..
.,«:*¤@### :«,««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««:,« ###@¤*:«,.
..,«:*¤@## :,« 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 ,:« ##@¤*:«,..
.,«:*¤@### .,«             Cars.....            ,«. ###@¤*:«,.
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