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// Wei Wuxian

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XIMILIA

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Like nothing you've ever seen, I guarantee it. [ she holds a hand toward him. ] This isn't a knock against you, by the way. New York is just nothing like any other place in the world.

First, picture eight million people crammed into one spot. Not enough space, right? So rather than expand laterally, [ and here she opens her hands to the side to demonstrate, before swiveling to point up, ] New York built vertically. Imagine these hundreds of skyscrapers jutting up in the air in defiance of God and sense. And I'm talking hundreds of feet in the air. Look-down-and-everyone-looks-like-ants type of high.

To that you add that people from everywhere in the world come to New York. You step out on the street and you'll hear at least fifteen languages and encounter people from, like, thirty different cultures by the time you reach the end of the block. And they bring their food, and their music, and their way of thinking and seeing the world… The energy is unmatched. I love it.