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