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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.    & ..........
~......... &                                      & .........~
^~........ #  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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