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The next day at sunrise…
Caius stepped out of the Palace onto the courtyard where the Sky-Carriage awaited. It had arrived during the night so silently that it really may have just appeared suddenly to anyone who didn't pay proper attention for longer than five seconds.
It had a sleek aerodynamic shape. It didn't have wings or visible engines. It looked like something that would be drawn as a 'futuristic' design in Caius's old world. The kind of thing you see in Sci-fi movies or comic books. It was beautiful and elegant.
'The only way to travel,' Caius thought with a smile, 'Or however it is the saying goes.'
Caius actually spent a few seconds gazing at the Sky-Carriage and almost forgot that he hadn't exited the Palace alone. He had been accompanied by the Leopolds.
