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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. ~,\ ¤,,¤¤¤,,,,
¤¤¤,,,,,,¤ ~,\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,~\ ,,,,¤,,¤¤¤
¤¤,,¤¤¤¤,, ,~\ 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 ,\~ ¤¤¤¤,,,,¤¤
,,,¤¤,,,,¤ ,,~ CARS..... ,~, ¤¤¤,,¤¤,,,
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