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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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