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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. :-= .§.§.§..§.
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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. -:= .§.§.§.§§.
§§.§.§.§§. -:=----------------------------------:-= .§.§.§..§.
.§.§.§..§. :-= 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 :=- .§.§.§.§§.
§§.§.§.§§. .:- Cars..... :-. .§.§.§..§.
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