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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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