The Sage of Wisdom did not seem to mind Lloyd’s visible discomfort. He continued in an easygoing tone, "Although I only gave you a brief tour, this is basically what our city looks like. For someone from the City of Brilliance, I imagine it must be quite unsettling, isn't it?"
"It’s not bad," Lloyd replied, searching for a diplomatic way to phrase it. "I can feel the profound weight of its history."
While he was deeply curious as to how one could manage a city with such a significant population into its current state, he found it inappropriate to ask directly. Instead, he probed subtly, "It’s just... it is a bit different from what I had imagined."
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