,,~†=$£#@#                                          #@#£$=†~,,
,,,,~†=£££                                          £££=†~,,,,
,,~†=$££#@                                          @#££$=†~,,
,,,,,,~=££                                          ££=~,,,,,,
,,~†=$£#@#                                          #@#£$=†~,,
,,,,,~==£@ ,,,,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,,,, @£==~,,,,,
,,~†=$$$## ,,†            the  spire            ~†, ##$$$=†~,,
,,~†=$£#@@ ~†,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~†~, @@#£$=†~,,
,,,,~†$£#@ †~, once upon a time, there was a    †,~ @#£$†~,,,,
,,~†=$£#@# †,~ benevolent  spire, towering well ,†~ #@#£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£#@# ,†~  above our tallest trees. it was ,~† #@#£$=†~,,
,,~†=$£#@@ ,~† clad in white scales, and shaped ~,† @@#£$=†~,,
,,,,,,~=££ ~,†       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.....            ,~, £==~~~,,,,
,,,,†==$$£ ,,,,,,††††††††††††††††††††††††††††,,,,,, £$$==†,,,,
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