The transformation of this city... it's truly dazzlingly fast.
Melita Ponia stepped out from her temporary lodging, and the bustling "Pioneer Avenue" unfolded before her like a fantastic theatrical scene.
Respectable Cecil citizens and merchants traveling from north to south came and went on this wide street, broad enough for twelve carriages side by side. Employees stood in front of the shops along the street to attract customers. Music came from an unknown source, mingling with various voices, the crisp ringing of double-wheeled carts—all mixed together. Behind the large windows, brightly lit, this year's fashionable commodities were displayed coldly on the shelves like witnesses to this bustling new world, observing the vibrant human world.
The time was approaching dusk, and the setting sun cast a gentle golden glow over the city from the western woods.
