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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. ,=; ,,,,,,,,,,
=,,,,,,,,, ,=;==================================,;= ,,,,,,,,,=
;=,,,,,,,, ,;= 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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