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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. /«: ,@,@,@,@,@
@,@,@,@,@, /«:««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««/:« ,@,@,@,@,,
@,@,@,@,@, /:« 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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