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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. -=: ,,,¤¤,¤,¤¤
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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. -=: ¤,,¤¤¤,,¤¤
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,¤¤¤,,,¤¤¤ -:= 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. :=- ¤¤¤¤,,,¤,,
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,,¤,,,¤¤¤, :=- 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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¤,¤,¤,,¤,¤ =-: IIRC IT'S CURRENTLY OWNED BY :=- ,,,,¤,,¤¤,
¤¤¤¤¤,¤¤¤, =:- SOME ENERGY DRINK BARON WHO USES :-= ,,,¤¤,¤,¤¤
,,,,¤¤,,¤¤ :=- IT TO HOLD ALL HIS FOURTY EIGHT -:= ,,¤,¤¤¤¤,,
,,,¤,¤,¤,¤ ,-= CARS..... -=, ,¤¤¤,,,¤,,
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