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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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