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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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