Achieved

Night was falling, but before darkness had fully blanketed the earth, artificial lights were already coming on throughout the city, driving away the newly arrived gloom.

Streetlamps stretching along the roads and the bright lights in every household shimmered amid this forest of steel and concrete, like stars fallen into the mortal world, brilliant and dazzling.

This city might have had no night at all.

On a terrace somewhere in the Autumn Palace, Count Duller gazed toward the distant reaches of this unfamiliar city and could not help murmuring, "Even the most remote districts have the same number of streetlamps... That is no small expense."

Matilda's voice came from nearby. "But it improves public safety and makes the city safer. In the long run, crime rates will fall, and so will the cost of maintaining the law."

"...The noble council of Alderan is not good at considering matters from a 'long-term' perspective. That truly needs to change," Count Duller said, turning and bowing slightly to Matilda. "Have you come to enjoy the scenery as well?"

"Just taking a walk," Matilda said flatly. "Count Duller, after everything you saw today, what are your thoughts?"

"...This truly is a place unlike Typhon. Frankly, in some respects, its disorder is frightening, yet in other respects, it displays... a surprising order," Count Duller said, shaking his head. "I still prefer Alderan, its solemnity and dignity."

"Clearly, our understanding of 'order' differs from that of Emperor Gawain," Matilda remarked casually before asking another question. "Count Duller, what do you think of Fundamentals of All Things? You have read its manuscript and some of its contents as well."

"To be honest, my first impression was disappointment," Count Duller said after considering it, speaking with great frankness. "When I learned how much the Cecilians had invested in