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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. § @¶§$=:=...
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...=:=$§¶@ ¶ 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 § $=:=......
.......=:= ¶ TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE SEA AND ¶ =:=.......
........=: ¶ THE BUILDINGS. ¶ :=........
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.......... § TO THE LEFT THE HOUSES CLIMB § ..........
.......... ¶ SIMILARLY BUT A LOT OF TUNNELS AND ¶ ..........
.......... ¶ HALLS HAVE BEEN DUG FROM THE ¶ ..........
.......... § MOUNTAIN. SOME HOUSES STAND § ..........
.......... § COMPLETELY "INSIDE". BECAUSE OF CAVE § ..........
.......... ¶ CONDITIONS THE LOWER FLOORS HERE ¶ ..........
.......... ¶ ARE COVERED IN DARK ALGAE THAT THE ¶ ..........
.......... § CITY LONG AGO STOPPED TRYING TO § ..........
.......... § REMOVE. ESTABLISHMENTS USE NEON § ..........
.......... ¶ SIGNS AS AN ACCENT TO THE DARK. ¶ ..........
.......... ¶ THERE'S A CASINO. ¶ ..........
.........= § THERE'S AN INTERNET CAFE. § =.........
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.......=:= ¶ MOST PEOPLE LIVING HERE HAVE LONG ¶ =:=.......
......=:=$ ¶ 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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