Forgotten in Stonehaven

Sloane and Gareth stepped off the regional jet into Stonehaven, the second-largest city in Valeria. Because Stonehaven bustled with a sizable Therian diaspora, both Therian and Uprian drifted through the air like twin currents. Ordering food, hailing cabs, even small talk at the curb came effortlessly, the comfort of familiar words softening the strangeness of a foreign skyline.

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