Hear the creak in the background? Maintenance costs are high here, in centerVille, the great  ville  of the polygon people. The creaking heat sent out by the grinding creak, however, isn't wasted... little bee-people sit too close to the crack where the joint noise grinds, their bony fingers out, gathering what warmth they can.     ...je traversais de mon vol de trompe-la-mort, en route vers le centre religieux, le Temple de la Mort, où des prêtres et des stratèges décidaient de la forme de la nouvelle culture.