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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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