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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. =,* @@¤$*=,,,,
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,,=*$¤@@## =,* Iirc It'S Currently Owned By *=, ##@@¤$*=,,
,,,=*$¤@@# =*, Some Energy drink Baron Who Uses *,= #@@¤$*=,,,
,,,,=*$¤@@ *=, It To Hold All His Fourty Eight ,*= @@¤$*=,,,,
,,,,,=*$¤@ ,,= Cars..... ,=, @¤$*=,,,,,
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