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....^«:=%@ @ BAY" (EVERYTHING MADE OF SANDSTONE). @ @%=:«^....
...^«:=%@# # FIVE PARTICULAR HOUSES FOURTY # #@%=:«^...
..^«:=%@## # STORIES TALL, HUNDRED METERS APART, # ##@%=:«^..
.^«:=%@### @ IN A SLIGHT ARC INWARDS. @ ###@%=:«^.
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.....^«:=% @ THE RIGHT PLATEAU HOSTS A LUSH AND @ %=:«^.....
......^«:= @ SHADED GARDEN WHICH MORPHS INTO A @ =:«^......
.......^«: # TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE SEA AND # :«^.......
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.......^«: @ 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 @ #@%=:«^...
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.^«:=%@### # SIGNS AS AN ACCENT TO THE DARK. # ###@%=:«^.
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.....^«:=% # MOST PEOPLE LIVING HERE HAVE LONG # %=:«^.....
......^«:= # SNOUTS AND BIG EARS. ALL SPACE IS # =:«^......
.......^«: @ SHARED (FEW ROOMS HAVE LOCKS OR @ :«^.......
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