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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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