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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. ^~^ ,¤¤,,,,¤¤¤
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,¤,,,¤¤,¤, ^^~ 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. ^~^ ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤,¤
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,¤¤¤,,,,¤, ~^^ 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. ^~^ ,¤,¤,,,¤¤¤
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,,,¤,,¤,,, ^^~ 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. ~^^ ¤,,,¤¤¤,,,
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¤,¤,,¤¤¤¤, ^~^ 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. ^~^ ,¤¤¤,¤¤,¤,
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¤,,,¤¤¤,,¤ ^~^ 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 ^^~ ,,,,,,,,¤¤
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