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One night, under a sky that didn't know whether to be clean or clouded, Cubbi sat on the rail yard's highest derailed car and watched the city's lights. The cube had been put into a safe—distributed among three allies, each of whom kept a key in memory. Lila's voice came through rarely now, brief and bright, since each time she used the channel the Archive looked closer.
