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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. /~^ .§.§.§.§§.
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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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