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The SlipGate bubble rushed out of the endless black tunnel into a place almost as dark. They were somewhere outside. That was all Claire could say. She saw the blurry images of tall buildings under the night sky.
Harry was at her side, staring blankly at the edge of the bubble. “I'm sorry,” he said for the fifteenth time. Right now, his was the only mind she could sense. She figured that was because they were cut off from the rest of the world.
“It's fine,” Claire whispered.
The bubble popped, and she saw that they were in a park in the middle of the city. All around them, skyscrapers rose up to tickle the clouds. There were lights in some of the windows, but most were dark. It wasn't like Earth, where buildings kept their lights on all night long.
As soon as they were out, cold ai
