The next day came quickly.
By the time Trafalgar arrived in Velkaris, the city had already fully woken up. He was on his way to the Gate Hub, the one positioned beside the train station as always, and the whole place was as busy as ever. People moved in every direction with that familiar sense of urgency Velkaris never seemed to lose. Some were rushing to catch trains before the doors closed. Others were weaving through the crowds with the obvious intention of getting ahead in the queue for one of the Gates. The noise of footsteps, voices, rolling cargo, and mana mechanisms all bled together into the kind of atmosphere that only a city like Velkaris could sustain without ever seeming exhausted by it.
The moment Trafalgar stepped into the Gate Hub, Caelum appeared behind him as if he had been there the entire time and reality had only just decided to acknowledge it.
