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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. :«: .§.§§.§..§
.§.§.§.§.§ :«:««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««::« .§..§.§.§§
.§.§.§.§.§ ::« 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. :«: .§.§§.§..§
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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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