Editing LeviathanTempest:AppendTwo (section)

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The main themes of the Border Cities are separation and duality. The two cities, connected though they are, remain very different. There is resentment and envy, fascination and repulsion on each side of the border. But it is clear that neither city can exist without the other.

In a beachfront bar in Tijuana, a man keeps an eye on his gun as he counts blood money under the glare of a teenage gangbanger, who will then carry it across the border to the suburban home of an irreproachable charity organiser. A Mexican doctor travels three miles each day to golf among the exclusive crowd at a Californian resort, escorted by a caddy who can barely afford to return each month to see his wife and children down south. A band of teenage girls from UC San Diego meets up with the golden youth of Tijuana in a loud, trendy night club, some hours before a drunk driving accident kills two of them, one from each side of the border.

For Leviathans, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Separation fascinates people, and angers them. It touches deep into what Leviathans experience in their daily life. And in the meantime, the ocean knows no real borders, connects all people, and is the only place of true peace for miles around...