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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, ,*= $*=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,=*$$ ,*= And We Did Not Know Its Original ,=* $$*=,,,,,,
,,,,,=*$$§ ,=* Builders. They Had Used Its =,* §$$*=,,,,,
,,,,=*$$§@ =,* Hollow Body For Many Strange =*, @§$$*=,,,,
,,,=*$$§@# =*, Purposes - A Womblike Place Of *=, #@§$$*=,,,
,,=*$$§@## *=, Gestation, A Storage Of Strage *,= ##@§$$*=,,
,,,=*$$§@# *,= Fluids, A Temple To Some Kind Of ,*= #@§$$*=,,,
,,,,=*$$§@ ,*= Arcane Deity. ,=* @§$$*=,,,,
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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 =,* $*=,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=* *=, Crawled For Weeks, Searching For =*, *=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= =*, A Secluded Place To Do Drugs And =,* =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, =,* Play Music On Our Handhelds. ,=* ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,=* Instead We Found Vast Lungs ,*= ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, ,*= Drained Of Their Catalyst *,= ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, *,= Sludge, And A Birds-Eye View To *=, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, *=, Make Sense Of Our Roamings For =*, ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,= =*, Years To Come. =,* =,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,=* =,*==================================,=* *=,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,=*$ ,=* 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 ,*= $*=,,,,,,,
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