Somewhere in the Mid-Sector 99 – Ghost Valley Planet
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Only moments earlier, Robin had been surrounded by an almost dreamlike paradise: vast gardens brimming with colossal plants whose lifespans stretched back hundreds of thousands of years, their towering trunks and sprawling leaves whispering of ages long past. He had been treading along a marble walkway that shimmered with a pearly radiance, each step carrying him closer to a grand gate encrusted with the rarest and most exquisite gemstones the sector could offer. The air there had been crisp, fragrant, and almost sacred.
Then, in the very instant he stepped beyond the threshold of that jeweled gate, the world turned on its head.
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