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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. .=^ ¨§¨§¨¨§¨§§
§¨§§¨§¨§§§ .=^===================================.^ §§§§¨§§§¨¨
§§¨§§§§¨¨¨ =.^ 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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§¨¨§§§§¨¨¨ =^. 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 .^= §§§§¨§§§¨¨
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