With the help of Mex, a formal meeting was requested with the Sparkborn Sovereign.
Adrian, who had been expecting this since the moment he made this plan, accepted immediately. The meeting was agreed on, and the location was set: the Sparkborns' sector.
The next day, at the appointed hour, Papa Perez and Mex stepped onto the Sector Transit Hub platform. Mex, who had been nervous about this meeting, was even more so now that he was formally accompanying his elder.
He swiped his ID card, and the 20-credit fee was deducted. The familiar white light enveloped them.
They reappeared on the Sparkborns' arrival podium. Mex had been here before, but seeing it through his elder's eyes, he was struck by the difference.
His own Normat sector was vast, sprawling, and disorganized; a place where people had carved out a life over generations. This place was cramped in comparison, but it was also clean, disciplined, and filled with a focused, purposeful energy.
