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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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