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The Steam Machine

Concordia, Six Hundred and Eighty Years Before

They huddled in the ruins of a building, surrounded by cloth and ribbons caught in the debris. Harithen groaned. “What a waste.”

Thaelen’s eyes, however, were on the sky as the source of that terrible roar came into sight. “What is it?” His jaw fell open. It certainly didn’t look dangerous. There was a giant bubble caught by string to something that appeared very much like a metal ship below. How had they managed to lift such a weight as that metal, he marveled even as his stomach pitched in dread knowing it to be the source of the damage to his city.

As he watched, he saw something drop, and the man who had dragged them into the shelter breathed out a sigh of relief. “Not near here,” he said a moment before there was a terrible BOOM! Thaelen could feel the vibration through the soles of his feet and saw little grains of mortar shake free of the rubble around him.

On the horizon a great mushroom of smoke rose cleared to reveal flames.

“Oh
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Jessica K
I feel bad for all the innocents losing their lives or their loved ones because of this. What even happens to a vampire that ends up buried alive in the rubble?!! Talen survived being poisoned with a spell and left in a coffin for two weeks without blood, and he was weak, but still mostly okay.
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Author Girl
Poor Talen, so heartbroken for him and what his kingdom is going through!! Hopefully, the priest and priestess will help if he asks. But this was brought on themselves, though.
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Angelica Monteon
That is just tragic.. but they did him so dirty maybe it’s to right the wrong.. but so sad for Talen
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