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......~§%& &  BUILDINGS,  TOWERS IN  THE  "GOLDEN & &%§~......
.:~:§%&¶## & BAY" (EVERYTHING MADE OF SANDSTONE). & ##¶&%§:~:.
.:~:§%&¶## ¶   FIVE  PARTICULAR  HOUSES  FOURTY   ¶ ##¶&%§:~:.
.:~:§%&### ¶ STORIES TALL, HUNDRED METERS APART,  ¶ ###&%§:~:.
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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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