Zara
I don’t know why I expected crossing the barrier to feel more intense, but I did. It tingled, faintly, but that was it. You’d feel more from a static shock after walking across a carpet and touching something metal.
We drove for another hour after we passed the barrier. At first, there wasn’t much to see, just more trees and then some fields. I think they might have been farmland, since I identified corn and wheat. Then we passed more houses, and then other buildings. They were taller, and closer together, than the houses, and there were many more cars on the road.
“I think this is a city,” Kieran said, peering out the window. “Wow, but humans really do live all packed in like sardines.”
“Well, some do,” I said.
“Is this the correct city?” Lucian asked.
I consulted my phone,
