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,§,§,§,§,, ,.: the spire =:, §,,§,§,§,§
,§,§,§,§,§ =:.==================================:=. §,§§,§,§,§
,§,§,§,§,, :=. 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. .=: §,,§,§,§,§
,§,§,§,§,§ .=:==================================.:= §,§§,§,§,§
,§,§,§,§,, .:= 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. :=. §,§§,§,§,§
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,§,§,§,§,§ :=. 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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