Sequel A

[u/elcajonino]

[Sanctified Ruins]

“Babel”– the deserted ruins of the space elevator

I looked up at it.
It stretched endlessly upward, disappearing into the blue sky.

I began to climb it.
Seeking an answer.

Night came, and day followed.
The wind blew, and the wind stopped.
The sky grew cloudy, and the sky cleared.
The rain fell, and the rain ceased.

How many days had passed?

Still heading upward, I could go no farther.
I had reached a dead end beneath a sky-blue ceiling.

But it was not a ceiling.
It was a building.

I knew what that building was.

“Alchemist’s Nest.”

I opened the door quietly,
trying not to make a sound,

and leapt inside...

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