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¤¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¤¨ ¨,† 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. ,«¨ ¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¤¤
¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨ ¨¨¨,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,¨¨¨ ¨¤¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¨
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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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