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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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¨¨¨¨¨,=/*% %*/=,¨¨¨¨¨
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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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