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It was a beautiful sunny day when I hit Seattle. I overheard two people commenting on the fact that it was actually sunny, which confused me, until the next day, that is. For the next week it poured or was overcast the entire day. After squatting in a tumble down building for that week, I decided it was time to get a job and a place to live. I went to another sector with no problems from the police, thankfully. I found myself in sector five, in front of a delivery service called Jam Pony. I went inside and with a few well placed 'sirs' and my experience from other cities, I easily landed a job. The boss was sort of a jerk, but I could live with that.

After my first day, I needed to relax. Most of the other people at Jam Pony seemed to be heading towards the bars, but I never really fit in with that type of crowd, so I decided to do a bit of so-called sightseeing. The first thing I saw was the Space needle. Heights always relaxed me, so I climbed. I walked out onto the platform part of the needle and sat down to think. I hadn't seen Zack in a long time, almost five years. Soon time for him to pop up again. As I sat, the Air Force Base came back to me. I gave me the creeps, still, and it was almost three years since I had seen it. Would that place haunt me forever? I wish I had a memory. Who were these siblings Zack had told me about? Max, Krit, Syl, Zane? Where were they? I soon found myself deep in thought, broke by a voice.

"Xaver?"

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