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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 ;~. §§§§,§§,§§
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§,§§,§,§§, ,.~ 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. ~.; ,§,,§§§§§,
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,§,,,,§,§§ .~; 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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§§,,,,,,§§ ~;. 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. ;~. ,,§,,§,,§§
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§,,,,§§,,, ;~. But Then We Are Betrayed. The .;~ §§§,§§,§§§
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,§§,,§§§§, .;~ 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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