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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.               ~=† ###@&*†=~,
,,~=†*&@## ~=†===================================~† ##@&*†=~,,
,~=†*&@### =~†  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 ~†= ##@&*†=~,,
,~=†*&@### ,~=            Cars.....             ~=, ###@&*†=~,
,,~=†*&@## ,,,~~~††††††††††††††††††††††††††††~~~,,, ##@&*†=~,,
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