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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. ~^= ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ~^= IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY =~^ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ~=^ SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES =^~ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ =~^ IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT ^=~ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ ,^~ CARS..... ^~, ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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