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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 \-, ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨§¨¨¨§§¨¨¨ \-, 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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§¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨ ,\- 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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§¨§¨§§§¨§¨ -\, some energy drink baron who uses \,- ¨§¨§¨¨§§§§
§§§§¨¨§§§¨ \-, it to hold all his fourty eight ,\- §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
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