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Sebastian brought Jack to a small, Leyrian village a short distance away from the woods. It wasn’t long before they found a narrow, concrete path that slithered through the grass, leading them down a gentle hill to the outskirts of town.
Jack saw houses very much like his home on Alios. Each one was surrounded by tall maple and ash trees in full bloom, their green leaves fluttering in the breeze. Those larger buildings in the centre of town were probably community centres. Places where people could gather.
The air was sweet and warm. Fat clouds drifted across the deep, blue sky. To Jack, it was the very definition of a perfect day. He wasn’t sure what he would have expected from Heaven, but this was pretty good.
He stopped dead a few hundred feet from the outermost buildings, watchi
