Why?

Yesterday, Rome, Rei and Bonnie left the safe confines of MINIMCOM to enter the town of Ur. Rei had a Deucadon invisibility cloak with him in case he had to disappear. However, Rei had noted that the town of Ur looked like it had been built like a Vuduri city which made no sense. Ur was a resort town, strictly built to serve the needs of the Essessoni, the Deucadons and the Ibbrassati. Rei could not understand why the Vuduri would have the slightest desire to enter, let alone engage, with a city like Ur:

     “Vuduri City, here on Deucado, is made up of overlapping triangles.”
     “Oh yeah,” Rei said. “I guess that was their one creative outburst. But why do you think they lent a hand here? Ur doesn’t seem like the kind of place they’d go.”
     Rome looked up and down the streets. “The Overmind here is committed to blending each of the races and building a stronger world. The architecture is probably his way of contributing to the spirit of Ur.”
     Rei shrugged. “I guess that makes sense,” he said and he started walking again. On some streets, it was easier to see the housing. Most of the residences, at least here on the east side, were built out of standard Vuduri aerogel. There were some deviations, probably introduced by the non-mind-connected races. But even so, there was a homogeneity about it. Up ahead, everything changed.
     As plain as the little city looked, The Hand was anything but. Its looming physical presence was almost too much to comprehend. Its base was huge, almost a mile wide. The way it projected from the ground, it almost looked like it had been grafted on. Its graceful arc began and it narrowed somewhat as you got closer to the top. From where they stood, they could not even see the upper section which extended quite a distance over the lake. The view from the top must be awe-inspiring as well, Rei thought to himself.
     Rome stumbled as they walked along. Rei grabbed her arm and helped her right herself. “Are you OK, honey?” he asked.
     “Yes,” she replied. “But that.” She pointed up. “The Hand. It is stupendous. I cannot take my eyes off of it.”
     “I agree,” Rei said. “It seems like the overhang goes off forever.” He forced his eyes back to the ground.
     Bonnie added, “In our time, when people went to New York City for the first time, they did the same thing, tripping over themselves, staring at the skyscrapers. There’s something hypnotic about being close up to really gigantic structures.”
     “I will try to get used to it,” Rome said, “but I don’t know if I will be able to.”
     “Well, we have business now. We’ll come back some day and take it all in properly.”
     “Agreed,” Rome said and she charged forward.

Rome has certainly changed since we met her way back when in Rome's Revolution. She can now appreciate beauty and majesty. That is why she is so impressed with the sheer magnitude of The Hand of Deucado. However, tomorrow, our band of heroes will discover something even more amazing. The residents of Ur are using money!