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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. «.; ¨§¨¨¨¨§§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§¨ .«;«««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««;. §§¨¨¨§¨§¨¨
§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§§ «.; iirc it's currently owned by ;«. ¨§¨¨§§§§¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§§¨§ «;. some energy drink baron who uses ;.« §§¨§¨¨¨§§¨
§¨¨¨§¨¨§§§ ;«. it to hold all his fourty eight .;« ¨§§§¨¨§¨§§
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