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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.      ^-, ,,,,,,¤,,,
¤¤,,¤¤¤¤¤¤ ^-,----------------------------------^,- ¤¤¤¤¤,,,¤¤
¤,,,,¤¤¤¤¤ ^,- 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.            ,-^ ,,,¤¤,,,,¤
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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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,,¤¤,,,¤¤, ,,^ 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.  -,^ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,-^-----------------------------------^, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ -,^  IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY  OWNED  BY  ^-, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ -^, SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES ^,- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ^-, IT TO HOLD ALL HIS  FOURTY EIGHT ,^- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,,-            CARS.....             ,-, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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