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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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