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A half hour later found Shade and I walking the streets of Senexitas. The people of the metropolis bustled about in their daily grind to make or spend a coin. Carriages rolled past, but every now and again a motorized vehicle flew by with nary a look from the driver or the well-dressed passengers.
“So what kind of technology do you guys have in this world?” I asked my quiet companion.
“A great deal less than the world used to pride itself on,” he mused as he took us down a side alley.
“Like the crystals?” I guessed.
“Exactly.”
I furrowed my brow. “So what was this forgotten civilization about? And what happened to them?”
“No one’s sure about the answers to either of those questions, and most people only ask enough to learn what they can use,” Shade told me.
I wrinkled my nose
