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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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