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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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