When the weather is nice, and if you are lucky enough to have a radio that works, you can listen to human radio stations in the city. The news is usually incomprehensible but the music is a well-loved respite from the sounds of struggle that echo through the town. The sky is perpetually overcast and on the east side of town there is an endless sea of black water. In three other directions, the city continues on without end. The buildings are in a...