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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.        @ .:----=&@#
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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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