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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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