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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.         # .:~*^¤¤###
###¤¤^*~:. ¤                                      ¤ .:~*^¤¤###
###¤¤^*~:. ¤   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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