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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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