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The FleurBlanc was one of the more striking buildings in First Dome, Shae always thought, and one of the few that appealed to her. It was oval at its base, but the walls rose like petals, intertwined and overlapping, none of them straight. From above—and she’d seen the images, of course, especially the one in Edifice Beautiful a couple of years ago—it resembled a huge flower, the asymmetry of the design adding to the overall effect.
Edifice BeautifulBut seen from other angles, it became less flower-like and…more obscure. The place looked almost alive, as if it were some kind of internal organ finally given its freedom. And maybe that was what appealed to Shae—the idea that things could be freed, that things didn’t need to stay trapped.
The performance, by the Lilithon
