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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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,,,-«\=§¤¶ ¶¤§=\«-,,,
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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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