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.........~ # BUILDINGS, TOWERS IN THE "GOLDEN # ~.........
........~^ # BAY" (EVERYTHING MADE OF SANDSTONE). # ^~........
.......~^^ @ FIVE PARTICULAR HOUSES FOURTY @ ^^~.......
......~^^% @ STORIES TALL, HUNDRED METERS APART, @ %^^~......
.....~^^%@ # IN A SLIGHT ARC INWARDS. # @%^^~.....
....~^^%@# # # #@%^^~....
...~^^%@## @ BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAINS; TO THE RIGHT @ ##@%^^~...
..~^^%@### @ AND LEFT THE CITY CLIMBS QUICKLY. @ ###@%^^~..
...~^^%@## # THE RIGHT PLATEAU HOSTS A LUSH AND # ##@%^^~...
....~^^%@# # SHADED GARDEN WHICH MORPHS INTO A # #@%^^~....
.....~^^%@ @ TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE SEA AND @ @%^^~.....
......~^^% @ THE BUILDINGS. @ %^^~......
.......~^^ # # ^^~.......
........~^ # TO THE LEFT THE HOUSES CLIMB # ^~........
.........~ @ SIMILARLY BUT A LOT OF TUNNELS AND @ ~.........
.......... @ HALLS HAVE BEEN DUG FROM THE @ ..........
.......... # MOUNTAIN. SOME HOUSES STAND # ..........
.......... # COMPLETELY "INSIDE". BECAUSE OF CAVE # ..........
.......... @ CONDITIONS THE LOWER FLOORS HERE @ ..........
.......... @ ARE COVERED IN DARK ALGAE THAT THE @ ..........
.......... # CITY LONG AGO STOPPED TRYING TO # ..........
.......... # REMOVE. ESTABLISHMENTS USE NEON # ..........
.......... @ SIGNS AS AN ACCENT TO THE DARK. @ ..........
.......... @ THERE'S A CASINO. @ ..........
.........~ # THERE'S AN INTERNET CAFE. # ~.........
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.......~^^ @ MOST PEOPLE LIVING HERE HAVE LONG @ ^^~.......
......~^^% @ SNOUTS AND BIG EARS. ALL SPACE IS @ %^^~......
.....~^^%@ # SHARED (FEW ROOMS HAVE LOCKS OR # @%^^~.....
....~^^%@# # EVEN DOORS). INTERIOR DESIGN IS # #@%^^~....
...~^^%@## @ MOSTLY ART NOUVEAU AND MADE @ ##@%^^~...
..~^^%@### @ OUT OF COPPER. @ ###@%^^~..
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