Which town?

hordes of profiteers and predators has already considerably aggravated the prevailing environmental conditions.

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Yet She, at the outset, had clearly warned: “buy all the lands now, or you will bitterly regret it… you do not know the power of greed…”, or, “study and research now the methods for filtering the sea-water…”.

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She also cautioned, “you must all commit never to lie, or else this city will never truly rise…”

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Today, how many are we?

Barely three thousand, a third of which are children.

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