The location for Raymond's initiation was a nondescript office building in the financial district. The system guided Raymond to a specific elevator on the basement level, an elevator that did not appear on any official building directory. The elevator descended far below ground level, descending for nearly a minute, suggesting that whatever was below the building extended hundreds of feet into the earth.
When the elevator doors opened, Raymond found himself in a corridor lit by soft, warm light. The corridor appeared to be carved directly out of stone, with walls that suggested the facility had been constructed decades or perhaps centuries ago.
The Coordinator was waiting for him at the end of the corridor. She appeared exactly as she had in their previous meeting, wearing the same white
