@..@@@.@.. ..@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.. .@@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.. @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ ...:::****************************:::... @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ .:* The Spire ~*. @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ ~*:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~: @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ *~: 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. :~. @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ ...:::****************************:::... @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ ...:::****************************:::... @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ .~* 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. :*. @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ ...:::****************************:::... @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ ...:::****************************:::... @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ .:* 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. *~: @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ ~*:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*:~ @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ *~: 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. ~:* @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ :~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*: @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ ~:* Iirc It'S Currently Owned By *~: @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ ~*: Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses *:~ @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ *~: It To Hold All His Fourty Eight :*~ @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ .:~ Cars..... :~. @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ ...:::****************************:::... @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ @.@.@..@.@
@.@.@@.@.@ @.@.@.@@..
@.@..@.@.@ @.@.@..@.@