trouble lurking; what should totally be the lightning returns universe
Lightning did not like trains.
It wasn't the motion, the traveling, or the - ha - time involved. It was because they signified so much.
Centuries ago, the start of her journey had taken place on the Purge train. Had she not been there, so much wouldn't have come to pass. Perhaps she would have even gone to live a somewhat normal life.
But just as the Purge train signified the start of everything changing, this train to Luxerion could very well mean the beginning of the end. She had no idea what awaited her in this dreadful city; whether its people would accept her with fear or reverence.
Her only salvation was Hope. His communication with her was really her only connection at all to her old life, before everything had changed. And he was just as dependable as ever. It was as though he was trying to ignore that the past few centuries had ever happened and that he was keeping his boyhood promise to watch out for her.
She longed to see him, find out if he was as she remembered, both in her memories and from watching the timeline. Maybe being in his presence would help her think a little more clearly.
But for now, she could not.
Lightning stepped out when the train slowed and came to a stop, her gaze roaming around this unfamiliar territory.
These were the final thirteen days.
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