The Tower

Upright

A structure built on ground that couldn't hold it, and the moment the truth becomes impossible to keep out. The falling figures aren't being destroyed — they're leaving a building that was never safe.

Reversed

Delaying the collapse, holding up a structure at enormous cost. Or a fall that's already happened and you're still bracing for it.

How it's usually misread

It doesn't cause anything. It names something. Almost nobody is blindsided by their own Tower.

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