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Chapter 27: Paths of Stone

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The mountains rose higher and steeper with every step we took.

Gone were the rolling plains and the hidden valleys. Now we walked among jagged peaks, deep gorges, and slopes of loose rock and hard ice. The air grew thin and cold, sharp enough to make our breath mist in front of our faces, carrying the clean, biting scent of snow and ancient stone.

We had left all traces of the ordered world far behind. There were no roads here. No settlements. No lights. No signs of the perfect, controlled soci
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