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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. ;»: ¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¨¨
¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¤¨¤ »;:»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»;:» ¤¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¨¤
¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¨ ;»: 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..... :»¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¤
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