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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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,,,,:-†^£# †-:  It To Hold All His Fourty Eight :†- #£^†-:,,,,
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