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#@&$$†-^,, ,^† THE SPIRE -†, ,,^-†$$&@#
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#@&$$†-^,, †-^ ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A †^- ,,^-†$$&@#
@&$$†-^,,, †^- BENEVOLENT SPIRE, TOWERING WELL ^†- ,,,^-†$$&@
&$$†-^,,,, ^†- ABOVE OUR TALLEST TREES. IT WAS ^-† ,,,,^-†$$&
$$†-^,,,,, ^-† CLAD IN WHITE SCALES, AND SHAPED -^† ,,,,,^-†$$
&$$†-^,,,, -^† LIKED A MUSHROOM. -†^ ,,,,^-†$$&
@&$$†-^,,, -†^ WE LOVED IT DEARLY. †-^ ,,,^-†$$&@
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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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##@&$$†-^, ^-† A CENTRAL SPINE, A STAIRCASE ^†- ,^-†$$&@##
#@&$$†-^,, ^†- AROUND IT, THE SEVEN TOROIDAL †^- ,,^-†$$&@#
@&$$†-^,,, †^- LUNGS STACKED OUTSIDE, AND THE †-^ ,,,^-†$$&@
&$$†-^,,,, †-^ CONTROL ROOM ON TOP. THE SOCKETS -†^ ,,,,^-†$$&
$$†-^,,,,, -†^ FOR ITS EYES. THE SMALLER SPIRES -^† ,,,,,^-†$$
&$$†-^,,,, -^† FOR RADIATING CONSCIOUSNESS ^-† ,,,,^-†$$&
@&$$†-^,,, ,-† INVITATIONS. ^†, ,,,^-†$$&@
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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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$$†-^,,,,, -^† IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY †-^ ,,,,,^-†$$
&$$†-^,,,, -†^ SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES †^- ,,,,^-†$$&
@&$$†-^,,, †-^ IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ^†- ,,,^-†$$&@
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