BETHESDA,

2420 AA, After the Great Ascension.

It was quiet everywhere and whatever way she turned, there was not a soul in sight.

Havillah turned around again, this time to survey her surroundings, but everywhere i looked, the buildings towered over her blocking her view of the rest of the path and the areas beyond it.

She looked down to her feet and thought of hovering, but even before she tried and failed, she knew that it was utterly impossible. Now that ...