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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. ,~= @&&%~,,,,,
,,,,,,~%&& ,~=~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,= &&%~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~%& ~,= 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. ~,= @@&&%~,,,,
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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. =~, @@&&%~,,,,
,,,~%&&@@# ~=,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=,~ #@@&&%~,,,
,,~%&&@@## =~, 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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