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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.               :=† £&%†:,,,,,
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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.            :=† #££@&%†=:,
,:=†%&@£## :=†==================================:†= ##£@&%†=:,
,:=†%&@£## :†=  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.  =:† @@%=,,,,,,
,,,,,:†%@@ :=†===================================†: @@%†:,,,,,
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,,,,:::=%@ =†: Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses †:= @%=:::,,,,
,:=†%&@£## †=:  It To Hold All His Fourty Eight :†= ##£@&%†=:,
,,,,=%%&@# ,:=             Cars.....            :=, #@&%%=,,,,
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