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If we compare the major cities of the Pathways, it is easy to see that each city had a very distinct purpose, primarily around the mining of different raw materials. The only Pathway location that does not fit that purpose is the Thread. There is only one record of someone gaining access to the Thread, if the account is to be believed. That excepted, no one has ever seen the interior of the facility.
—From The History of Chalice
Cade shielded his eyes as the blinding light of the Thread enveloped the interior of the train car. The windows dimmed as the light hit it, and he could see again.
The Thread was in full view, its enormous column of surging energy reaching through the clouds. Cade had never seen it up close, and he was in awe of it. He was used to seeing it at a great
