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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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