Despite being able to make prodigious leaps, the spire seems to be further away than it looks. A few hours pass, and it seems no nearer. It becomes a bit obvious why, and even why it took so long to recognize. The spire is a manse, and it seems to have two defenses. One seems to be keeping you jumping in metaphoric circles. The other hides the power of structure, even with the greatly extended area of effect.<br/><br/>Really, without the ability to sense flowing essence, it would have taken a few hours more to figure this out.<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>It's not clear why, but you feel that the manse has been somehow damaged. The though just pops into your head as you see signs of a small village in the abundant greenery.<br/><br/>There doesn't seem to be any real kind of architecture in the village, trees literally having been bent into shape to form canopies, and dragged thin to make walls.