"What do you think, Travone."


    "Sure, there''s no harm in it," Travone replied, his tone casual yet calculated. As they spoke, Rai noticed Travone’s fingers absentmindedly tapping the small bag tied to his waist.


    Rai took a moment to glance at the bag, but the thought quickly faded; after all, he was still evading his brother and the UNE-sponsored families who were fighting for power in the absence of the Delta ranks and Beta ranks.


    "So what direction are we headed,"  Rai asked.


    The deeper they ventured into the dead hive city, the more their surroundings shifted from a distant murmur of academic scholars and half-druck adventuring seekers to the unsettling silence of the abandoned city only the distant echoes of their footsteps on the cracked stone floors.


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