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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. .«† ¤¤¤,¤,,¤,,
¤¤,¤,¤¤,¤, .«†«««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««.† ,,,¤¤¤,¤¤,
¤,¤¤¤¤,¤¤¤ «.† 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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¤,¤¤,¤¤,,¤ ,,,...††††††††††††††††††††††††††††...,,, ,¤¤,¤¤¤,¤,
¤¤¤,¤¤,¤,¤ ,.† 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. †«. ,,,¤¤¤¤¤,¤
,,,,¤¤,,¤¤ «†.««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««†.« ¤,,¤,,,,¤¤
¤,,,¤,¤,¤, †«. 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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