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Sixty-Six
Cleanliness is a state of purity, clarity, and precision.
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I had to pinch myself to make sure that I was still in Cinco and not some magical place.
Azure looked like it came out of a story book. Not just any story book, a book that I usually saw in my textbooks when they talked about Utopias. Everything was pristine, clean, and shiny. There were no dilapidated houses, not like the other towns we’ve been to. Dare I say, Azure looked so much better than the capital. The buildings seemed like they were all made from glass and looked as if t
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