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I suppose to some, it might be considered appealing… sort of. Others, perhaps some would say, those with better taste would call it tacky! Overdone! Gaudy, even!

Then again… no, no, I will not admit it! There’s no tunnels! How can any place be considered the best without nice, wide tunnels? It can’t, end of discussion. The roads do seem nice and spacious, though.

Bah! Who would ever want to dwell in a house covered in metal? Nobody! Even if that metal was… so soothing, and emitting such a glorious, ephemeral light….

DAMMIT!

I connect a mind bridge to Eran Thouris who is leaning against the railing next to me, looking smug.

[Well?] she asks.

[It’s nice.]

[Nice?] she asks, raising one scaled brow.

[Very nice.]

That’s all she’s gonna get out of me.

Mount Atreum, heart of the Atreum empire that bears its name, rises tall and imposing from the shimmering waters of the Lake before us. From the waterline up, the great and glorious Silver City covers the slopes. And I do mean covers. There isn’t a single square inch that hasn’t been developed, all enfolded within six rings of mighty walls. That’s not to say there aren’t any green spaces, oh no, there are frustratingly luscious and attractive-looking parks all over the damn place! The rest of it is large, well organised buildings connected by clean, wide streets. All of it, ALL of it (not the trees, obviously) is covered in what I’m told is Soul Silver.

And it is absolutely stunning.

city with its stupid shininess. Thinks it’s all

clouds are going to part. We should get a good

at

call them the Twin Cities for

mountain have been shrouded by cloud and mist, but, for a moment, I catch a glimpse of something golden breaking through, a

in GOLD?! Not just any gold, but gold that seems to radiate the warmth of the

damned fortune, and you decided to coat your damned outhouse in it? Make it make

tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author's

a thousand years. Beautiful in design, delicate in construction, each line is aesthetically pleasing in context with those around it.

welcome up there. That’s for citizens only. Wealthy citizens

a hut in the sixth, wouldn’t that be worth more? Since it’d

terms of comfortable living, this is the place to be. I’ll take my life under the waters any day of the week, but it’s not like I don’t understand the appeal,] she sighs.

just to make things look nice? Impossible. It’s too inefficient and doesn’t provide any material

for the most part, it's

rock people, just humans. I mean, humans are scary enough by themselves,

us on the way. The outer wall

naturally, they have imprinted unspeakably, eye-meltingly attractive artworks into the wall. Because of course they did. If Michaelangelant is in this fleet, she is frothing at the mouth right

we expect much trouble here?] I

unless your people have been waging a secret war against the

it's just as much a surprise to

little bureaucratic, but they are a well-run and organised sort of place. We have all our documents sorted well in advance. We’re the kind of

words, of course, doom us