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The End of the WorldSABIAN SPOKE FAST, struggling against the residual sedatives.
“Do you remember what we saw from the cliff, after we lost the… balloon?”
How could she not remember? The image of Vincent dragged by the cord toward the edge would stick with her until the end of her life. Sabian had sacrifice his spider to save the boy. And, later, she had seen it.
“The circle of cloud-free sky?”
“Exactly. The atmospheric biots are causing it, by capturing the moisture of the air. The… water-carriers, yes, that was how Clara named them, are constructing a lens centered on the Air Towers.
“A lens, like a magnifying lens?” Lupianne said, her fingers joined to form a circle in front of her.
Sabian nodded.
“When Calypso will reach her position at the zenith, th
